ELKINS, W.Va. — A gastroenterologist with an office and manufacturing facility in Elkins has been charged with tax fraud after allegedly withholding payroll taxes from his employees’ paychecks and not making the required payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, Bill Ihlenfeld said Nitesh Ratnakar, 48,…
Deputies have one man in custody and more arrests are expected.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. A Morgantown man is facing robbery charges after helping himself to the food preparation line at the Subway location on High Street Tuesday. Morgantown police said David Clark, 48, went behind the counter and began to help himself when employees ordered him to stop and leave. Clark raised his fist in a threatening…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia University (WVU) and many others will participate in Undergraduate Research Day (URDC) in Charleston on Thursday. Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Amy Hessl, said nearly 50 students and their research mentors will make the trip to share their research in-person with lawmakers. “They meet up with undergraduate students from…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Renovations to Morgantown City Hall are wrapping up, and city workers could be moving back into the building around the middle of March, according to Director of Engineering and Public Works Damien Davis. The original contract for the work was $2.9 million, and after digging into the nearly 100-year-old structure, about $500,000 in…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Lane closures on I-79 in Marion County are expected to cause major delays Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to the West Virginia Division of Highways. On the northbound side between mile marker 133, Kingmont, and mile marker 135, Millersville/Pleasant Valley, crews will install overhead signs between 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21,…
ALBRIGHT, W.Va. Deputies from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department have charged an Albright man after he allegedly shot and killed his wife Tuesday. Deputies responded to the Woolen Mills Road in Albright and learned Natasha Collins had been shot and found her in a nearby field. According to deputies, her husband, Edward Garletts, 29, was…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Area fire departments are watching the forecast after reports of at least two brush fires. At least seven departments have responded to brush fires in the last two days in Harrison and Monongalia Counties. MetroNews Accuweather meteorologist Bill Deger said this time of year, the countryside can quickly become a tinderbox. “It…
