Dietrich S. Fansler, manager of Pin Oak Properties, admitted to bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Fansler, of Morgantown, is the managing member […]
Cops and Courts
Wife testifies husband strangled her at sentencing
KINGWOOD — Joshua Luther Thrasher was sentenced to two years in jail Monday. Under a plea agreement, Thrasher pleaded to two misdemeanor charges of domestic battery. Three […]
Preston police investigate man shot, killed in domestic altercation at house
KINGWOOD — Preston police are investigating the shooting death of a 43-year-old man killed Friday night at a home on Woolen Mills Road. William Ellwood French III […]
Woman who raised money for son’s medical expenses pleads guilty
A Morgantown woman who raised more than $30,000 for her child’s medical expenses and then used the money for other things was convicted on Monday. Judge Phillip […]
Lawyer, bank dispute missing $212,500
The 83-year-old aunt of a Morgantown businessman is fighting a court order to pay a $212,500 settlement with United Bank after the original wire transfer was stolen […]
Federal judge overseeing nationwide opioid litigation denies motion to disqualify himself
MORGANTOWN — The federal judge overseeing the nationwide opioid litigation against manufacturers, distributors and retailers has denied a motion to recuse himself brought by several of the […]
One dead in I-68 rollover, traffic stopped for hours
One man was killed and both of the area’s major highways were closed for hours on Wednesday in two separate rollover incidents. A cement truck traveling eastbound […]
Two arrested for attempting to steal hemp, police say
Two people were arrested on Wednesday morning for allegedly trying to steal hemp plants from Conscious Harvest, a community farm at the intersection of Kingwood Pike and […]
Kingwood man denied acquittal, new trial
KINGWOOD — Motions for an acquittal and a new trial were denied for a Kingwood man Tuesday. George Elmer Dumire was indicted by the March Grand Jury […]
Four WV doctors charged in federal opioid pill mill takedown
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four West Virginia physicians with illegally distributing opioids through “pill mills,” according to a Tuesday announcement. They were […]
