WHITE HALL, W.Va. — A Fairmont Senior High School teacher has been charged after allegedly paying a 17-year old student for sex. Police said, on Tuesday, May 7 around 8 p.m., Ernest Yeager, 33, of Mannington, met a 17-year-old male Fairmont Senior student at the parking lot of the Walmart on Tygart Mall Loop and…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. May primary voters in Monongalia County will have three choices in the race for the Board of Education on Tuesday. Each candidate has children in the school system and includes one incumbent, BOE President Ron Lytle; Christina Fattore Morgan, a WVU professor; and industrial engineer Shawn Smith. The district remains one of…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Over 3,000 West Virginia University students are now among the ranks of Mountaineer alumni. West Virginia University President Gordon Gee, the heads of the thirteen WVU colleges, and several honorary degree recipients were on hand as part of nine ceremonies that were hosted as part of Spring Commencement Weekend. Tens of thousands…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. About 80 people attended a peaceful pro-Palestinian protest that started on the West Virginia University (WVU) Morgantown campus at the Mountainlair and marched down to the Monongalia County Courthouse on Saturday. Vice President of the WVU Muslim Student Association (MSA), Omar Sabbagh, said the top priority of the group is an immediate ceasefire…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Health Department (MCHD) is conducting a community health survey and plans two town hall meetings to inform the public about the services they provide. “We touch the community in so many different areas—inspecting restaurants, providing health care, and training food workers,” said Anthony DeFelice, MCHD’s executive director. In addition…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) is thanking the public for cooperation in successfully containing the first case of the measles in 15 years. All first-degree contacts cleared their monitoring period for the disease Friday, May 10th, 2024. The case in Monongalia County has been linked to international travel and was…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. West Virginia State Police made two drug-related arrests at the Petty John/Royal Inn in Fairmont after an alleged drug sale to a confidential informant on Wednesday. Troopers from the Marion County Detachment of the state police said the informant bought $20 worth of crack cocaine from Michael Holloway, 29, of Fairmont. The informant…
GRAFTON, W.Va. The Pennsylvania man facing multiple charges in a Memorial Day shooting at the Grafton Walmart last year has agreed to plead guilty to all charges. William Jenkins, 24, of Friendsville, Pa., pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder, wanton endangerment involving a firearm, use or presentation of a firearm during a commission of a…
BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. The Blacksville area was pounded with storms that the National Weather Service (NWS) and MECCA 911 officials are calling straight line winds. NWS spotters began to report tree damage as early as 6:50 p.m., and by 7:21 p.m., the storm was in full swing based on calls to the new Mon County 911…
