Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for all 55 West Virginia counties, due to a prolonged shortage of rainfall that has caused moderate drought conditions across much of the state and severe drought conditions in southern West Virginia. Statewide, during the past 90 days, West ...
Morgantown’s 2018 crime rate fell below the state and national average, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “These numbers reflect the vigilance of both the citizens of the community and the Morgantown Police Department, and their persistence of keeping crime down and the ...
The man accused of robbing a Preston County bank Wednesday has also been charged with the 2018 robbery of First United Bank on Chaplin Road. Daryl Ray Waychoff, 55, of Houston, Pa., was arrested on Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania on Wednesday after officers from Preston and Monongalia ...
MORGANTOWN – At about 2 a.m. Oct. 3, officers of the Morgantown Police Department encountered a vehicle driving the wrong way on Moreland Street and conducted a traffic stop when the vehicle attempted to turn northbound onto High Street. When the officer approached the vehicle, he ...
MORGANTOWN -- PACE Enterprises handed out awards Tuesday at an ceremony at Mylan Park. A nonprofit organization, PACE does training and job placement for adults with disabilities. It’s been operating in Morgantown since 1972, and also has offices in Fairmont and Charleston. October also ...
MORGANTOWN -- At about 11 a.m. Oct. 2, a man robbed Clear Mountain Bank in Bruceton Mills. Afterward, he ran around the building and fled on a motorcycle. He was observed by Monongalia and Preston county sheriff's deputies at Coopers Rock. They pursued the suspect on Interstate 68, onto ...