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 […]
Cops and Courts
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 […]
Man accused of fighting cop during arrest
A Morgantown man was arrested Saturday after he stole alcohol from a Sheetz location and fought a police officer, who tried to detain him according to police. […]
Preston man says he sold drugs to pay taxes
Makes plea for 4 years probation KINGWOOD – A man who told police he was selling drugs so he could pay his taxes was placed on four […]
Morgantown Police Chief calls for holding facility
MORGANTOWN — Holding facility, public intox shelter, drunk tank. Whatever you want to call it, Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston calls it sorely needed. The lack of […]
Arraignments include Morgantown Motel robbery, Sheetz parking lot attack
Twenty-three defendants in cases assigned to Judge Debra Scudiere following their indictments by the September 2019 term of the Monongalia County grand jury appeared in court pleaded […]
Police: Inmate steals, crashes ambulance at Chateau Royale Apartments
MORGANTOWN — Police have identified an inmate who stole an ambulance from J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and was apprehended a short distance away after crashing it on […]
Judge Scudiere kicks off election campaign
Judge Debra Scudiere used to start her talks by telling her follow attorneys how much she loved being a lawyer. “Now that I’m in my dream job […]
