A 21-year-old was charged with unlawful assault for breaking the jaw of a Sigma Chi member, according to police. Bishop Kaylin Eamon Reese, of Morgantown, was charged […]
Cops and Courts
Mediation ordered in sexual assault lawsuit against Hopemont Hospital
KINGWOOD — Mediation will take place in a civil case filed four years ago against Hopemont Hospital and a John Doe, alleging a woman was drugged and […]
Motions heard in Preston murder case
KINGWOOD — Questions about how some state witnesses will testify in the murder trial of Joseph Edward Harrison were discussed in a hearing Tuesday. Harrison, 27, of […]
Deputy finds drugs, gun, money during traffic stop
A man from Detroit and one from Preston County were arrested after a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputy found drugs, a gun and almost $15,000 during a traffic […]
TIPS Line place for callers to report uncertain criminal activity
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Police Department has a tip line that can be used to anonymously report suspicious or criminal activity. The TIPS Line, 304-284-7520, does […]
Man convicted of impersonating assistant federal prosecutor
By Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON — A Michigan man who falsely claimed he worked for U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart got an opportunity to meet the federal prosecutor in […]
Listravia Ave. shooter sentenced to prison
The man responsible for a December shooting by Tanner’s Tavern, on Listravia Avenue, was sentenced to prison Thursday. Carlos Pagan, 29, of Fairmont, pleaded guilty to malicious […]
Morgantown man charged with burglary; accused of stalking victim
A Morgantown man is accused of kicking down the door of a man he was stalking for several weeks leading up to the alleged incident. Steven M. […]
Sex-assault suit brought by former seminarian against Bransfield abruptly settled
MORGANTOWN — A lawsuit brought by a former seminarian who alleged that former Bishop Michael Bransfield sexually assaulted him, and that Bransfield regularly drank himself drunk and […]
Vehicle hits pedestrian on University Avenue
A pedestrian was struck and injured by a vehicle on University Avenue on Tuesday. The collision occurred in front of U Club Sunnyside just before 12:45 p.m. […]
