The Morgantown Police Department hosted its first open house for women Wednesday evening at the Morgantown Public Safety Training Facility on Earl L. Core Road to encourage local women to learn more about working in law enforcement. In 2022, the Morgantown Police Department became a ...
The suspect from a shooting incident on Water Street in Morgantown last month has been located and taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service. According to an update from the Morgantown Police Department, detectives working the case were able to identify the suspect as Harry ...
Local authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a 32-year-old woman who was reported missing last week in Morgantown. A press release authorized by Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said Melanie Marie Gardner, 32, of Morgantown, was last seen Oct. 3 driving a black ...
STAR CITY — Residents of Star City will soon see some new police cruisers on the street thanks to a grant the town received from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The $278,730 grant was part of the DOJ Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Program, which supports rural ...
CHARLESTON — U.S. marshals are being instructed to seize a 2009 Bell helicopter belonging to a company owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family because of unpaid debt. Caroleng Investments Limited, parent company to the Russian mining company Mechel that bought and sold properties with Justice, is seeking the seizure over a debt of $8.4 million already recognized and awarded in the federal court system. A supplemental writ of execution filed in federal court Thursday instructs marshals to seize the helicopter located at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia “or ...
KINGWOOD — The City of Kingwood has a new chief of police. Former Chief Charley Haney said Lawson Stewart took over the job of chief on Monday. Kingwood Mayor Jean Guillot said Stewart, who is moving to Kingwood from Claudville, Va., has 24-plus years of law enforcement experience. Haney said he will be staying with the department during the transition. Haney has served as chief of police for the City of Kingwood twice. He was with the Preston County Sheriff’s Department for 32 years, starting as a jailer/dispatcher, and retiring as chief deputy. After retiring, he ...
