State Sen. Mike Maroney was arrested Tuesday evening after being charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure. Authorities said the misdemeanor charges have to do with a […]
Cops and Courts
South Park man sentenced on sexual abuse conviction
Austin Fought Rempel, 34, of Morgantown, was sentenced by Judge Paul Gwaltney Monday in Monongalia County Circuit Court for two separate counts of first-degree sexual abuse and […]
Hazelton inmates among 11 sentenced for drug smuggling
Eleven federal inmates in the Northern District of West Virginia were sentenced before Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh last week for smuggling or attempting to […]
Probable cause found in Cordes murder case
Probable cause was found on Monday in Monongalia County Magistrate Court in the case of the Cheat Lake man accused in the April 19 shooting death of […]
Police review board to consider weighing in on camping ban issue
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board is considering if and how it would like to weigh in on the citywide camping ban coming […]
Mountain Valley murder suspect surrenders
The man accused of a deadly shooting at Mountain Valley Apartments on July 11 turned himself into the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday evening and was arrested […]
Masontown man charged with kidnapping Arthurdale woman
A Preston County man was arrested and is being held without bond after allegedly trying to kidnap a woman at knifepoint on July 20 in Arthurdale. According […]
Monongah arrest video goes viral: Charges dismissed against woman shown
A bystander video showing the arrest of a 49-year-old Monongah woman on Aug. 1 went viral over the weekend, raising questions about the behavior of the arresting […]
Upshur County man accused of using vehicles as weapons
BUCKHANNON — An elderly Upshur County man is behind bars after sheriff’s deputies said he rammed three different vehicles into three different homes early Thursday morning on […]
Morgantown sex offender convicted after going to Mexico to purchase 7-year-old girl
A Morgantown man accused of not updating his sex offender registration and then traveling to Mexico to allegedly purchase a 7-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to failing […]
