BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. — Members of the U.S. Marshals Service are searching for an inmate who walked away from a satellite camp near U.S.P. Hazelton Monday afternoon. Roger Austin, 53, walked away from the camp at 4:15 p.m. Monday and is described as a white male, 5-feet 11-inches, 218 pounds with brown hair and eyes.…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A fourth person suspected in cannabis poisoning of an infant was taken into custody driving a stolen car Monday. Misty Howell, 44, John Howell, 50, and Lacie Howell, 21, were arrested last month when an 11-month old was found unresponsive by Child Protective Services last month on Walnut Street. Officials confirmed then…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee delivered his State of the University address Monday at the College of Law, recalling a productive past and providing an optimistic look to the future. The last decade of Gee’s leadership has delivered innovation, expansion in medical research and options for the public, record-setting public support,…
SHINNSTON, W.Va. — Students at the Lincoln Middle/High School in Shinnston will be off Tuesday following the sudden death of a student Friday. Samuel Flint, 17, died Friday. Flint was a senior at Lincoln High School in Shinnston and was active in many sports. According to his obituary, Flint was active in football, basketball, wrestline,…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – West Virginia State Police stopped an Uber driver over the weekend in the Bridgeport area and confiscated a substantial quantity of methamphetamine. On Sunday, troopers stopped the Uber on I-79 in the Bridgeport area and found Gregory Lindsay, of Charleston, with a backpack containing an estimated $63,000 worth of methamphetamine. Lindsey has…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A former business executive who has returned to the community that she grew up in is now on the campaign trail for a Monongalia County Commission seat. Mary Ann Folz continues to reach out to voters in the weeks ahead of the start of early voting for the 2024 general election, where…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Antero Resources has donated a new pickup truck to Scouting America, Mountaineer Area Council, for use at the more than 1,000-acre Camp Mountaineer in Monongalia County. Regional Senior Vice President Kevin Ellis said the truck used for several years at the camp developed a mechanical problem at the time a fleet…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Police Department is adding two motorcycles with plans to patrol some areas that in the past have been difficult to access. “We’re always looking for ways to get our officers into the places where they need to be for the protection of the University community,” Chief Sherry St.…
