Morgantown Police are investigating an apparent homicide that occurred early Monday morning on Brockway Avenue in the Greenmont area of Morgantown. According to an MPD press release, officers responded to the 500 block of Brockway Ave. -- between Overdale and Kingwood streets -- at ...
A federal judge is examining a lawsuit about whether former President Donald Trump should be on West Virginia ballots and will determine if the suit should be tossed based on the plaintiff’s standing to file it. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger filed a memorandum opinion indicating she wants to examine whether plaintiff John Anthony Castro, who says he intends to be on presidential ballots in West Virginia and elsewhere, can actually demonstrate harm. Berger wrote that it is appropriate “to facilitate more expeditious final resolution.” Timeliness is important, Berger ...
CHARLESTON — This week shaped up as a momentous one for Gov. Jim Justice’s legal and financial conflicts, but the calendar has been clearing. Originally scheduled for Wednesday was a hearing in Martinsville, Va., on whether Justice and his family businesses truly owe $300 million after defaulting on loans. But lawyers for Justice moved for that hearing to be rescheduled, and the judge agreed to move the hearing to Dec. 11. And today, a federal judge had called a hearing to sort out who should rightfully have possession of a helicopter the Justice family uses for business. But ...
The former principal of North Elementary, Natalie Webb, was sentenced Monday after being found guilty of failure to report child abuse following several alleged incidents involving students being abused by teachers. Webb was found guilty of the misdemeanor charge on Oct. 25 and ...
The cries of correctional officers and staff members at the Federal Corrections Complex (FCC) Hazelton are getting louder as they fight for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to act on what they describe as dangerous staffing shortages that could potentially put lives at risk. The ...
One person died Thursday afternoon in an accident the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office says involved a pickup truck and a dirt bike. According to a press release from Sheriff Perry Palmer, deputies responded to an accident on Henderson Hollow Road in Core shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday. Mon EMS, Cassville Volunteer Fire Department and an accident reconstructionist also responded to the scene. The accident remains under investigation, but according to the sheriff's release, it is believed the driver of the dirt bike was traveling east on a single-lane, gravel road and the pickup ...
