KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The Preston County teacher accused of using duct tape on a student during class has been indicted by a grand jury. Cassandra Sisler, 43, of Terre Alta, was a teacher at Central Middle School when she was charged with four counts of child abuse last October. Sisler allegedly used duct tape from ear-to-ear…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A new contract has been approved for the City of Morgantown 2024 Street Improvement Plan. Morgantown City Council unanimously approved a contract awarded to Anderson Excavating LLC. valued at approximately $792,000. This will account for the paving of 45 city roads in four city neighborhoods. Deputy Director of the City’s Engineering and…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Officials from the City of Morgantown are looking to try to address the low number of enplanements at the Morgantown Municipal Airport. Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws announced that the city and carrier Southern Airways are in the process of beginning to subsidize flight costs in order to increase the number of…
Written by Savannah Jones MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When Hope Crichigno was born, her parents were unsure that she would ever breathe on her own, let alone graduate from high school nineteen years later. Born at merely 24 weeks, Crichigno spent the first six months of her life in the hospital and was ultimately diagnosed with…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Police Department announced that an investigation is underway into the death of a young child on Collins Ferry Road on Wednesday. According to a press release by MPD, the young child was found by EMS personnel in a parked SUV at 3610 Collins Ferry Road on Wednesday afternoon. The officers…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Police are searching for a missing woman who was last seen in Morgantown. Kimberly Osborne, 47, was last seen on Sunday, May 12 on River Road wearing a bright pink shirt. She’s described as 5’2″ weighing 120 pounds. Anyone with information about Osborne is asked to call the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Despite being massively outspent, Chris Rose defeated two-term state senator Mike Maroney, R-Marshall, in the May primary election by more than 2,800 votes in his first run for political office. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Rose said the campaign was won on hard work and face-to-face contact with voters in the district…
WESTOVER, W.Va. — The city of Westover hes settled the lawsuit brought against the city by former councilman Ralph Mullins. U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh dismissed seven of the nine counts filed against the city, former mayor Dave Johnson, attorney Tim Stranko, clerk Sandy Weiss and five current and former members of council. The remaining…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The Monongalia County Health Department (MCHD) is conducting a community health survey to inform the public about the services they provide. MCHD Executive Director Anthony DeFelice said the department is in the implementation phase of a strategic plan developed with the help of Morgantown-based Forge Business Solutions. MCHD services touch many aspects of…
