MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The first cases involving the pedestrian and vehicle safety ordinance in Monongalia County have been adjudicated. The ordinance is the first of it’s type in the state designed to promote safety within the rights-of-ways on public roads. Chief Monongalia County Magistrate Jim Nabors levied a fine of $200 plus court costs each following…
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. Deputies from the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a potentially dangerous fugitive. Robert “RJ” Beam Jr. bonded out of the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on March 13 and reportedly cut his ankle monitoring device just before midnight the next day, March 14. Beam is wanted for felony escape, and deputies believe…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Harrison County woman who was the alleged driver of a vehicle that struck a male West Virginia Department of Highways (DOH) worker has been charged with DUI causing serious injury. Kiley Wagner, of Bridgeport, is in custody after the Clarksburg Police Department responded to a call on a reported auto-pedestrian accident…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Lightning is the suspected cause of a fire early Friday morning at the Lofts in Morgantown, off West Run Road. Multiple departments were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. to 5000 Station Street and reported smoke and flames showing from the top floor upon arrival. Executive Director, American Red Cross of the Allegheny Highlands, Jason…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Lightning is the suspected cause of a fire early Friday morning at the Lofts in Morgantown. Multiple departments were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. to 5000 Station Street and reported smoke and flames showing from the top floor upon arrival. An unknown number of residents were evacuated. No other information has been released.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Members of the City of Morgantown Citizens Police Review and Advisory Board have voiced their support of their recent case review with Police Chief Eric Powell. Less than a week after the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87 of Monongalia and Preston Counties issued a vote of ‘no confidence’ toward Powell over…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Members of Monongalia County Commission and Visit Mountaineer Country CVB will participate in a multi-county effort to bring an international competition to the Morgantown Area. Representatives from the Greene County (Pennsylvania) Convention and Visitors Bureau, along with the Greene County Commission, will join Monongalia County Commissioners and Visit Mountaineer Country as part…
