Local law enforcement agencies are trying to raise officer recruitment numbers any way they can but are still having difficulty finding willing and suitable candidates to fill open slots. Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said his department needs to hire six deputies to be ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Police superintendent who resigned this week said he is a scapegoat over a multifaceted investigation of the agency. “No doubt I was going to be dismissed if I hadn’t,” Jan Cahill said of his Monday morning resignation. “I’ll just be quite candid about that. So, yes, very unhappy about how things went down. I do think things have been completely misrepresented and distorted.” Cahill has been superintendent since the Justice administration took office in 2017. Gov. Jim Justice announced Cahill’s resignation Monday at an ...
A Kingwood woman is in custody after an alleged domestic incident involving an adult male and a 2-year-old child. According to the criminal complaint, Kingwood Police officers were dispatched to an Oak Street residence around 11 p.m. Saturday for a reported domestic fight. On scene, ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, during a Monday press conference, described three areas of inquiry into the West Virginia State Police. They involve video recordings in a state police women’s locker room several years ago, the involvement of a trooper in a theft at a casino and an ...
Family members of missing Englishman Bryn Hargreaves, who was living in the Morgantown area, disclosed via social media on Sunday that the human remains found last month in a wooded area off of South Pierpont Road in Monongalia County were confirmed to belong to the former professional rugby ...
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will hear arguments at the West Virginia University College of Law Tuesday. The Supreme Court usually hears an argument docket at the law school once each spring. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and arguments will begin at 10 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the College of Law. The event is free and open to the public. Justices John Hutchison, Tim Armstead, William R. Wooton and C. Haley Bunn are graduates of the WVU College of Law. The court will hear the following cases in Morgantown: Rule 20 Arguments 10 a.m., ...
