MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The financial troubles for Bartlett Housing Solutions developed over the last few years, and it will take time and the work of multiple entities to reverse them. The situation first came to light in a letter to commissioners in Monongalia County from Bartlett Housing Solutions Board President Nick DeMedici asking for $300,000…
HARRISON COUNTY, W.Va. Deputies from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department believe the recent fire reported at the recycling center was arson and have arrested and charged a Clarksburg man. Deputies believe Richard Coffman, 29, set the blaze at the Harrison County Recycling Center Sunday afternoon and is being held in the North Central Regional jail…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Fairmont woman will serve 10 years in prison and serve another three years of supervised release for a federal weapons violation. Rachel Sara Hardesty, 39, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm following a home visit while she was on parole supervision in which police found a pistol, drugs, and…
ROCK CAVE, W.Va. An 81-year-old in Upshur County was one of three people killed in fires across the state over the weekend. The elderly male died in a fire reported in Rock Cave around 2 a.m.Saturday in the 2100 block of Gaines Road that is believed to be accidental, according to the West Virginia State…
MARION COUNTY, W.Va. — Due to the continuing widening project on I-79 in Marion County motorists can expect more lanes closures beginning Monday, May 6. The lane closure will affect both the northbound and southbound sides at mile marker 135, the Millersville/Pleasant Valley exit, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday, May 6 through Wednesday,…
WESTOVER, W.Va. The West Virginia Department of Highways has announced plans to close the I-79 exit ramps to Westover for night work operations beginning next week. Crews will be milling, paving, and conducting shoulder work at exit 152 beginning Wednesday, May 8 through May 31 from 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. that I-79’s Exit 152…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The state Department of Highways will close the Caperton Rail Trail for shoulder work next week. Beginning Monday, May 6 the trail will be closed from the Arboretum to just north of the University Commons Parking Lot through Friday, May 17. Work operations are scheduled between 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday…
BEVERLY, W.Va. — A Beverly resident faces multiple charges after threatening to shoot two people at a Randolph County apartment complex on Tuesday. Troopers with the West Virginia State Police made contact with Justin Lewis, 35, who had allegedly pointed a handgun and threatened to shoot two people at an apartment on Main Street in…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The Bartlett House Board of Directors has sent a letter to the Monongalia County Commission asking the community for an immediate financial bailout of $300,000, or it could be forced to close their facilities on Scott Avenue and West Run within 60 days, where 81 people are currently sheltering. Board President Nick DeMedici…
PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. A West Virginia State Police search for a wanted subject led troopers to a stash of dangerous drugs in Preston County. On Wednesday, troopers served an arrest warrant for a resident of a home on Hielman Road in Bruceton Mills and encountered a vehicle in the driveway occupied by two people. When…