The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2022 met Jan. 6, 10-11, resulting in indictments for 107 defendants accused of felonies. An indictment is a formal criminal […]
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West Virginia Academy among schools affected by latest charter school ruling
MORGANTOWN — An injunction by a Kanawah County judge blocking charter school approval could affect the way West Virginia Academy opens in Fall 2022. John Treu, West […]
Selin ‘disappointed’ in police review board ruling, says council will discuss next move
MORGANTOWN — “Naturally, I’m disappointed,” Morgantown Mayor Jenny Selin said when asked about Monongalia County Circuit Judge Susan Tucker’s Thursday ruling invalidating a city ordinance establishing the […]
Socking Trump’s enablers in the wallet
by Mark Z. Barabak As the holiday season begins, let’s raise a glass, a drumstick, a latke — or all three! — to a magistrate judge in […]
America’s broken justice system
by Will Bunch You’ve probably heard the old political maxim, most popular in the crime-ridden 1970s, that a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. In the […]
Give preventative justice a chance
by Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine People want justice. They demanded that Derek Chauvin be punished for killing George Floyd. They wanted Harvey Weinstein to go […]
Woman pleads guilty to tax fraud
Architecture firm bookkeeper withheld nearly $2M from IRS Newsroom@DominionPost.com An area woman pleaded guilty Thursday to willfully failing to pay over to the IRS employment taxes withheld from […]
Sentencing for Gary Smith II postponed after request for new counsel
MORGANTOWN — The sentencing of Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, has been postponed. Smith previously entered an Alford plea to the charge of the first degree […]
In Kyle Rittenhouse’s case, vigilantism goes on trial, too
by LZ Granderson The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse starts Monday. What’s going on trial isn’t just the teenager accused of killing two men during a chaotic night […]
Republicans ‘Make Bigotry Great Again’
You might think it was a crime, but last week, a grand jury did not. The reference is to the case of one Jared Lafer. He is […]
