MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The 100-year-old Morgantown City Hall officially reopened Tuesday night following the completion of a two-year, $3.5 million renovation project. Director of Engineering and Public Works Damien Davis said the renovation was long overdue, and now the building is historic yet prepared to serve the 21st century mission of serving the Morgantown community.…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — An inmate formerly at United States Penitentiary Hazelton has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years for assaulting a correctional officer. Dwight Foster, 50, was convicted following a two-day of assault of a correctional officer involving physical contact and possession of a weapon. Documents said Foster hit the officer with a fist after…
ELKINS, W.Va. Witnesses to a shooting in Elkins Monday told officers during the investigation they were being harassed by the victim shortly before he was shot and killed at the Heavener Acres Trailer Court. Melvin Phillips Jr., 62, was charged with murder after he admitted to shooting Mark Wirth, 67. At the scene, a witness…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU), Marshall University, and Florida International University are exploring the cybersecurity needs of artificial intelligence technologies with a $1.75 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Professor and Chairman of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources in the Lane Department of Computer…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — The United States Marshals Service is looking for a suspect known to frequent Randolph, Barbour, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties and hopes members of the public can help. Officials said Jason David Davis, 34, is wanted for a federal bond violation related to an original charge of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.…
GRAFTON, W.Va. An alert Taylor County Sheriff’s Department deputy arrested a woman with three children who had an assortment of drugs and an open container over the weekend. Deputies say they stopped a car driven by Malissa Sampson, 32, after smelling a strong odor of marijuana. Sampson admitted to smoking marijuana in the car earlier…
SHINNSTON, W.Va. West Virginia State Police arrested a Lumberport man in a suspected road rage incident on Friday. Troopers said Ernest Leggett, 67, was driving on Route 20 near the Harrison Power Station when he thought another motorist had cut him off and was driving too slowly. Leggett allegedly shot a semi-automatic pistol out the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Morgantown man accused in the April 19 shooting of his, Rick Allen Cordes, 49, has waived his preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court. Cordes has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of his wife Jennifer L. Hribar, 39, of Morgantown, at their home on Falling Water…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –– The West Virginia University Board of Governors met Monday and approved the rule that will govern the search for a new WVU president. The rule was approved following a 30-day comment period. Stephanie Taylor “We appreciate the comments that were submitted and each one was carefully reviewed. Several resulted in revisions, including…
