A Detroit man will spend at least eight years in prison for two December 2018 shootings, one of which sent a man to the hospital. Imani Zachary […]
Cops and Courts
December shooting suspect convicted
MONDAY — A Fairmont man accused of a man in the chest last year pleaded guilty to the crime on Monday. Judge Susan Tucker accepted 29-year-old Carlos […]
Bransfield accused of sex assault in civil suit in Wheeling court
MORGANTOWN — A former seminarian alleges that former Bishop Michael Bransfield sexually assaulted him, and that Bransfield regularly drank himself drunk and then engaged in “grossly inappropriate” […]
Preston Sheriff: two arrested after deputy finds meth
Two people were arrested and charged after a Preston County sheriff’s deputy found more than 3 ounces of meth in their car. Alexis Kristine Spindle, 23, and […]
UPDATE: body found on rail trail identified
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Department is investigating the death of a man found near the rail-trail Wednesday morning. “The deceased male has been identified as Kevin Daft, […]
Sheriff investigating shots fired
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shots fired incident on Fairmont Road. Deputies responded about 1:30 to 3889 Fairmont Road for the call. Chief Deputy […]
Police, fire chiefs talk annexation
Morgantown’s police and fire chiefs were among the numerous city officials on hand at Thursday’s first public meeting on annexation. “What the city proposed, the city never […]
911: Some roads flooded, impassable; use caution
Several roads in the area are covered in water, some passable, some not. Harold Sperringer, MECCA 911 deputy director, said people should use caution while traveling everywhere […]
Baltimore man who stuck knife in woman’s head pleads guilty
The man who lodged a knife in a Westover woman’s head pleaded guilty in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Judge Phillip Gaujot accepted 25-year-old Zachary Nipper’s […]
Man accused of motel robbery appears in court
New details about a June 26 armed robbery at the Morgantown Motel, and the death of one of those accused of the crime, emerged at a court […]
