All lanes now open following fatal I-79 crash in Mon County
The accident happened Wednesday morning and has traffic at a stand still.
The accident happened Wednesday morning and has traffic at a stand still.
The new fire station will replace the current South High Street facility.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A one-year contract between the Morgantown Municipal Airport and Southern Airways is getting the all clear. Morgantown City Council unanimously approved the standard airline agreement, which continues the original contract that has been in place since 2020. The contract also includes an opportunity to extend the contract in 2025, which would be…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Marion County Board of Education will place a 19.6 million dollar bond on the ballot for the May 14th primary election. The five-year bond proposal is a scaled-back version of the initial proposal presented to the board. Bond committees representing regions of the county originally assembled a list of renovations totaling…
GRANVILLE, W.Va. A shoplifting investigation in Granville ended with the arrest of two Pennsylvania residents on multiple charges. Members of the Granville Police Department were dispatched to the Walmart on University Town Center Drive on December 30 on a shoplifting report. Store employees told the police Kenneth Courie, 39, of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, and Christopher Davis,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– Emergency departments (EDs) across WVU Medicine are recovering from a holiday surge in cases of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Dr. Christopher Goode, chair of WVU Medicine and Emergency Medicine, said RSV has been the leading respiratory ailment reported in this early surge. “That, along with a very…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. Two people were seriously hurt and one arrested in a suspected drunk driving crash on Saturday. Deputies from the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle crash on Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. at the intersection of Arden and Center Hill Roads in Philippi. The front seat passenger reportedly suffered a…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. A man in Philippi is facing a charge of making a terrorist threat after telling officers he was going to kill the members of the police department. At 6:00 a.m. Sunday, Orlandis Funderburke, 36, allegedly called the Barbour County 911 Center and said he was going to kill members of the Philippi Police…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Highways has announced a temporary road closure for work on I-79 in Marion County. County Route 60, Vinegar Hill Road, will be closed Thursday while crews conduct a concrete pour on the I-79 Tygart River bridge retaining walls. The work will be done between 9 a.m. and…
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. Deputies from the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department confiscated three-quarters of a pound of marijuana, prescription drugs, six guns, and made one arrest over the weekend. Deputies served a search warrant at a property on Gladys Fork Road between Weston and Horner on Saturday and made contact with William J. Lacey. During the search,…