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City panhandling lawsuit expected to be settled out of court

MORGANTOWN – Attorneys representing Anthony Rowand and the city of Morgantown anticipate a lawsuit brought in response to a since-repealed panhandling law will be settled out of court “imminently.” A Jan. 14 filing in the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ...

Federal judge dismisses Biafora case against Lake Lynn Generation

dbeard@dominionpost.com The Biafora family of businesses has suffered a setback in its court quest to seek damages from Lake Lynn Generation following the summer 2024 drought. Judge Thomas Kleeh, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia dismissed the case on ...

WestRidge Inc. files Chapter 11 as lenders push for receivership

MORGANTOWN -- On Monday – the same day as a scheduled hearing on an emergency motion to place WestRidge Inc., WestRidge Land Holdings LLC and WestRidge Commons LLC in receivership – all three filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. WestRidge is the developer behind one of, if not the, most ...

County asks judge to toss 'panhandling' lawsuit

MORGANTOWN -- An attorney representing the three Monongalia County Commissioners as well as the county’s former sheriff has asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit challenging the legality of the county's Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance. Tiffany Durst, with Pullin, Fowler, ...

Commissioners, sheriff sued over pedestrian safety ordinance

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Commissioners Tom Bloom, Sean Sikora and Jeff Arnett, as well as Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging the county's Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance. The class action suit was filed Wednesday in ...

Morgantown man facing federal child pornography charges

A Morgantown man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week following an FBI investigation into his possession and receipt of child pornography.  According to United States District Court records, Christopher Harp, 38, of Morgantown, was charged on Tuesday with three counts of ...

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