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Former Hazelton inmate sentenced for assault on correctional officer

A federal inmate formerly housed at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton in Bruceton Mills was sentenced Tuesday to 78 months (6 ½ years) in prison for assaulting a correctional officer, U.S. Attorney William Ihelnfeld’s office announced in a press release.  After a ...

Man jailed after alleged violence toward police, others

A Monongalia County man is in custody after he allegedly threatened and fought with law enforcement officers while being arrested for a domestic violence incident on Collins Ferry Road.  West Virginia State Trooper H.D. Casteel responded to a domestic violence call at Timberline ...

Murder suspect waives time for preliminary hearing

The Cheat Lake man accused in the April 19 shooting death of his wife waived his time for a preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Monday morning.  Rick Allen Cordes, 49, of Morgantown, was charged with first-degree murder on April 25, after an alleged altercation ...

Morgantown man sentenced for 2022 Northside Hills shooting

The man convicted of multiple offenses for an April 24, 2022, shooting at a Northside Hills Apartment complex, 2800 District Drive, was sentenced this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court.  Levi H. Kelly, 23, of Morgantown, was sentenced to multiple years in prison. In September ...

Morgantown man charged with theft of Federal Broadband Funding

The owner of Clearfiber Inc., an internet service provider in Monongalia County, was charged with money laundering Wednesday, after allegedly defrauding a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant program, according to a press release from U.S. District Attorney William ...

Mannington man charged with bigamy

BY MIKE NOLTING A Marion County man has been charged with being married to two women at the same time. Deputies from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department allege Christopher Carpenter, 28, of Mannington, committed bigamy, a felony in West Virginia. Deputies said Carpenter was ...