WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation to designate the Clarksburg Federal Courthouse as the “Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse.” The legislation was authored by authored by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The legislation will now proceed to consideration in the House of Representatives. Judge Keeley was…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Fairmont man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl near public facilities. Cedric Pierre Young, age 33, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison to be followed by six years of supervised release. Young, also known as “Billy,” sold heroin and…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The new Citizens Police Review and Advisory Committee made a formal presentation to Morgantown city council members during the Tuesday committee of the whole meeting. Committee chairman Rich Burks said the very young committee has seven of the nine members seated, and they are looking for help to fill the remaining spots from…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The draft Morgantown 2024–25 budget was presented to city council and got the first official vote at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, March 5. Kevin Tennant, Morgantown finance director told councilors the total general fund budget is $45,031,858 for the 2024–25 budget, up from $43,031,447 the year before. “Revenues remain strong; I…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. A scholarship fund has been established in the memory of former Liberty High School journalism teacher and assistant football coach Ryan Lantz. Lantz was hit and killed last week in the parking lot of Liberty High School. The Ryan Lantz Ridgerunner Scholarship Fund is for Liberty High School seniors. The “Ridgerunner” name pays…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Meteorologists predict bands of showers and thunderstorms to roll across north-central West Virginia Tuesday night into Wednesday. A flood watch is in effect from 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 through 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 28, according to MetroNews Accuweather. “At about 8 p.m., we should see the first round of rounds come…
WEST UNION, W.Va. The superintendent of Doddridge County Schools, Dr. Adam Cheeseman, has announced his resignation and plans to join Rank One Computing as the director of school and community safety. Rank One Computing supplies facial, object, and text recognition software to the U.S. military, law enforcement, commercial organizations, and schools, with an office on…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – One of two suspects in a Monongalia County drug-related murder has accepted a plea deal in Monongalia County Circuit Court and will be sentenced in May. Arlo Romano, 43, was originally charged with first-degree murder along with Cleotis “Ghost” Eppes, 48, of Harper Woods, Michigan, in the shooting death of Matt Moore…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University Mine Rescue Team from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is the champion of the 2024 Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Competition (IMERC) for the second straight year. The competition was held in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, on February 23 and 24 and hosted by…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – A 36-year-old Fairmont man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the abuse and death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son in 2021. Walter Richardson, 36, of Fairmont, was originally charged with child abuse resulting in serious injury, but that was upgraded to first-degree murder and death…