(This story was written by Joe Nelson) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Catholic Charities of West Virginia has offered the City of Morgantown their services to host a year-long emergency triage shelter within city limits. President and CEO of the Catholic Charities of West Virginia, Mark Phillips, presented a request for proposal during Morgantown City Council’s regular…
LUMBERPORT, W.Va. — One person was flown from the scene of a motorcycle accident on Wallace Pike yesterday afternoon. Deputies from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene at 4:37 p.m., about seven miles outside Lumberport. The investigation determined a single motorcycle crashed, injuring the rider, who was flown from the scene. Firefighters…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The University Police Department is looking for help from the public to find the suspects involved in a fraternity house burglary Tuesday morning. A cleaning crew arrived at 633 Spruce Street around 9 a.m. and found three suspicious people in the building owned by West Virginia University that houses a fraternity. A…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police (WVSP) are investigating a crash at the Pennsylvania state line on southbound I-79 reported around 5 p.m. Tuesday. WVSP said the slow lane southbound side of the interstate reopened at 6:57 p.m. No information has been released.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. A Detroit man who was found guilty of a Monongalia County murder will serve consecutive life sentences. Cleotis Eppes was sentenced in Monongalia County Circuit Court Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy in the May 2022 drug debt death of Matthew Moore. The ruling from Judge Paul Gwaltney comes less…
MORGANTOWN, W,Va. –– The ambitious multi-year Richwood Avenue redevelopment project is about to make a major advancement. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” President and CEO of the Morgantown Area Partnership (MAP) Russ Rogerson said the bid date for structure demolition will be July 18, just about three weeks away. “The tearing down of about…
By Savannah Jones BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. — After 23 years of service at Clay-Battelle High School, David Cottrell retired as the school’s principal at the end of the year to take up the role of president of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference. Cottrell came to Clay-Battelle High School as the assistant principal in 2001, moving into…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A record number of Americans will take to the road for the Independence Day holiday this year, according to a report from the Mid-Atlantic Division of Triple A. Spokesperson Tiffany Stanley said this holiday falls toward the end of the of the week, encouraging people to take the week before or after…
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — An Albright woman has been charged after an altercation reported at the Circle K on West Main Street in Kingwood. On Friday, police made contact with the victim who had blood in and around her mouth and holding an ice pack on the right side of her head. The victim told police…
