BUCKHANNON, W. Va. — The Buckhannon Police Department arrested a suspected drunk driver in a crash that killed one person over the weekend. Police arrived at the scene in Liggett Addition off Route 33 and learned from a witness that Joshua Foster, 33, of West Milford, crashed into another vehicle around 3 a.m. and fled…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Commission and Mon Health Systems are in negotiations for the sale of the former MECCA 911 facility at 74 Mon General Drive. Mon General Hospital deeded the property to the Monongalia County Building Commission for the purpose of a new 911 center in 1996. The building commission built the…
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The proposed Preston County Board of Education Levy has once again been rejected by county voters. Unofficial results from 28 precincts reported for the 2024 General Election showed that 7,788 Preston County voters cast ballots against the levy, accounting for approximately 56.39 percent of the county votes. The proposed levy, which would…
KINGWOOD, W.Va. –The race for Preston County Sheriff has been called in favor of Republican candidate Scott Spiker. Unofficial results from the 28 reported precincts in the 2024 general election have Spiker winning with 8,257 votes, defeating independent candidate Jim Fields, who had 5,317 votes. Spiker, a law enforcement veteran of close to 30 years…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Democratic candidate for Sheriff of Monongalia County Todd Forbes was elected Tuesday, beating out Republican candidate Jason Morgan. A first-time candidate, Forbes received 21,338 votes, compared to Morgan’s 18,375 votes. Forbes’ predecessor, current Sheriff Perry Palmer, reached his term limit this year after serving since 2017. Forbes previously served as a deputy…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The 2024 general election in Monongalia County generated 41,749 ballots totaling a voter turnout of 63.9 percent. In the 2020 general election 42,503 ballots were cast from a possible total number of registered voters of 74,516 equaling a voter turnout of 57.04 percent. The 2024 turnout percentage was calculated with a total…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Democrat Tom Bloom won a third term on the Monongalia County Commission over Republican challenger Maryann Folz. Bloom received 21,477 votes compared to 18,128 for Folz. “I’m really pleased to be honored that I was elected for a third six-year term because it is very difficult to do,” Bloom said. “I’m thrilled…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – To win the open seat in the House of Delegates 82nd District, David McCormick had to run against two opponents. The first was the Democrat on the ballot, Bill Reger-Nash. The other, was the candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, by the same name. “That was a head-scratcher. No one saw that…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – One of the few Democrats in the House of Delegates has been re-elected in Monongalia County. John Williams fended off a challenge from Republican Summer Hartley. Williams earned 3,261 votes to Hartley’s 2,292 votes. “It was a lot of work and I think people deserve campaigns where candidates put in a lot…
