An inmate formerly housed at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court after being found guilty of killing a fellow inmate on March 6, 2015. In March 2020, Stephen C. Crawford, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with ...
A federal appeals panel rocked but did not knock down a West Virginia law forbidding the participation of transgender athletes on school sports teams. The narrowly tailored ruling concluded the state law violates the rights of a middle school track and cross-country runner who identifies as a girl and uses puberty blocking medication. The majority determined her rights have been violated under federal Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds. But the appeals ruling did not fully invalidate West Virginia’s ...
MORGANTOWN — Mountain State Justice, a statewide nonprofit legal services and advocacy organization, has filed suit against the city of Morgantown in the Northern District of West Virginia, claiming the city’s enforcement of a 2005 panhandling ordinance is ...
One woman is dead following a shooting incident on Falling Water Lane the evening of April 19. According to a press release authorized by Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, deputies were dispatched to the scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. Crews from Mon EMS, Brookhaven ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Sheriff’s Department received a $18,822 check this week for guns recently sold by the West Virginia State Treasurers Office. The check was the biggest in the state. The event raised $98,636 to benefit the 19 participating law enforcement agencies that ...
The man found responsible for the 2022 death of Grafton Road resident Michael E. Mobley, 29, was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Friday morning. Mobley identified and was known in the community as Kimmy Rose but had not legally changed her name. William Bailey, 25, ...
