Recent News
Sports
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Maisel family affair on display, as UHS wrestling guns for a second straight state title
March 5, 2025MORGANTOWN – Nico Maisel’s first steps were likely taken on a wrestling mat somewhere. That’s easy to understand [...] -
Morgantown High girls’ hoops take down John Marshall, earns No. 2 seed at state tournament
March 5, 2025MORGANTOWN – When you’re the top seed, hosting a regional final and ranked No. 2 in the state, you certainly have earned the [...] -
Javon Small comes up clutch, as WVU holds off Utah on the road 71-69
March 5, 2025MORGANTOWN — Javon Small came to pass Tuesday night. And score. And rebound a little, too. Having put the WVU men’s [...] -
University girls’ down Wheeling Park 65-35 to advance to Class AAAA state tournament in Charleston
March 4, 2025MORGANTOWN – University High School girls’ basketball head coach Nick Lusk and his club knew it would take a strong [...] -
Bicknell ready to grind as WVU OL coach
March 4, 2025MORGANTOWN — As a player, Jack Bicknell Jr. never could beat the West Virginia University football team. But that didn’t [...] -
J.J. Quinerly on a roll heading into Big 12 tourney
March 4, 2025MORGANTOWN — There just may be a better chance of someone stealing a basketball away from J.J. Quinerly than wiping away [...]
- NOTEBOOK: Rodriguez telling coaches not to worry about age when searching for talent
- WVU baseball enters national poll at No. 24, picks up sweep of Queens (N.C.)
- Morgantown, University, Trinity Christian one win away from girls’ hoops state tournament ticket
Cops and Courts
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All nine suspects identified and charged in Morgantown robbery, assault case
February 18, 2025Morgantown officials announced on Tuesday that all nine individuals connected to a robbery and assault that occurred in the early [...] -
Case of former Hopemont nurse charged in patient’s scalding death heads to Preston Circuit Court
February 14, 2025EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dominion Post reporter David Beard is not related to Kylah Beard, one of the defendants in this case. [...] -
Hope Gas continues condemnation suits for Morgantown pipeline route; some settle, some fighting
February 11, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Thirty-one condemnation suits filed by Hope Gas against western Monongalia County [...] -
Sheriff determining ‘level of involvement’ rig had in fatal crash on Cheat Lake Bridge
February 6, 2025DPNews@DominionPost.com The investigation of a fatal accident on the Cheat Lake Bridge at Interstate 68 last month that sent a [...] -
Two former Hopemont employees charged with felonies in scalding death of incapacitated patient
January 29, 2025EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dominion Post reporter David Beard is not related to Kylah Beard, one of the accused in this case. [...] -
Mon Sheriff asks community to quell rumors about bridge crash
January 28, 2025DPNews@DominionPost.com The rumor mill is causing problems for Monongalia County investigators. Prompted by varying accounts and [...]
- Charges filed in December standoff at law firm
- Federal prison employees’ union seeks injunction against Bureau of Prisons plan for Morgantown, Hazelton prisons
- Federal Bureau of Prisons to deactivate FPC Morgantown
Local Government
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State Senate passes bill to prohibit ranked choice voting
March 4, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate passed on Tuesday its version of a bill to prohibit the use of ranked [...] -
Senate passes bill to align municipal election dates with statewide dates
February 28, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate bill to align municipal election dates with statewide primary and general [...] -
House passes bill to ban certain synthetic food dyes and preservatives
February 28, 2025dbeard@domininopost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved on Friday a bill to ban certain food [...] -
House Judiciary moves bill concerning absentee ballot applications, deadlines
February 26, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to limit distribution of absentee ballot applications was paired on Wednesday [...] -
Senate committee advances two school safety bills: armed guards, panic alarms
February 25, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee sailed through two school safety bills Tuesday morning. One [...] -
Legislature tries again to align city election dates with statewide dates
February 25, 2025dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Legislature is taking another crack at aligning municipal election dates with [...]
- Senate bill offers tax credits for coal company road improvements, equipment purchases
- House committees take up absentee ballot, ranked choice voting bills
- House food dye ban bill advances, heads for passage; two preservatives added
