MORGANTOWN, W.Va –– More than 100 people attended the Public Employees Insurance Finance Board meeting at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown Tuesday night. Prior to the meeting, members of AFT West Virginia, the West Virginia Education Association (WVEA), and the United Mine Workers of America held a brief protest that included remarks from WVEA…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Officials in Monongalia County are investigating a report of human remains found in a shallow grave on Little Indian Creek Road Friday. Detectives with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, members of the FBI Evidence Recovery Team, and a Forensic Anthropology team from Mercyhurst University secured the remains near the intersection of…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A Morgantown man has been charged with malicious assault in connection with a stabbing in Fairmont Monday. Fairmont police said John Parker, 61, was involved in a physical altercation on Locust Street and chased the victim down the street and stabbed him in the collarbone area and neck area. The victim was…
SALEM, W.Va. –– West Virginia State Police have arrested a 44-year old suspect in an arson on Salem Long Road on Nov. 13. Troopers were informed of the fire and told a subject that had been seen inside the home was fleeing the scene and claiming responsibility for the fire. The person who reported the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Police in Morgantown made an arrested after an assault at a Willey Street apartment Friday. A resident at the apartment told police David Tustin, 28, on Morgantown, hit him in the head with a pipe during an altercation. Police reported the victim had an injury to the head and a cut on…
SALEM, W.Va. — Clean Water Act (CWA) violations will cost the city of Salem $25,000, according to a Consent Agreement and Final Order from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among other violations, the city is accused of failing to comply with the effluent limits contained in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A 25-year-old South Carolina woman is behind bars after fleeing from law enforcement with unrestrained children and suspected fentanyl all over the floorboard of the car she was driving. Ashlee Alexandra White was traveling through the area with three unrestrained children when she allegedly ran out of gas around 11 a.m. Sunday.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State lawmakers are considering options for the operation of the seven state-run health care facilities. On MetroNews “Talkline,” House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R, Clay, 62, and Senator-elect Joey Garcia, D, Marion, 13, shared their thoughts on where the process might end up. The state is working with Lument Securities LLC, an advisor…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mountain Line Transit Authority will resume the collection of fares on the Route 50 Don Knotts. Mountain Line CEO Maria Smith announced that the resumption of fares will begin on December 1st that will coincide with the establishment of two new rider-friendly programs. This comes after months of negotiations with public…
