CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Morgantown High School Team 1 won the Academic Showdown championship Tuesday and Bluefield High School was the runner-up at the West Virginia Culture Center. Students received questions in the areas of math, science, history, fine arts, general knowledge, pop culture and more through intense, fast-paced rounds of questions. Teams consisted of students…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Morgantown native and veteran attorney Natalie Sal is one of three candidates for Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge in Division 1. Natalie Sal is a Morgantown native and WVU College of Law graduate. Her law firm, Sal, Sellaro, and Culpepper Legal, won the West Virginia Legal Aid 2021 Pro Bono Law Firm Award.…
HARRISON COUNTY, W.Va. — A Harrison County man is facing charges after an investigation into a domestic incident. West Virginia State Police responded to the home on Monday with a report that David Buckhannon, 51, was trying to kill the victim and had hit her so hard that one of her teeth had been dislodged.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mountain State Justice has filed a lawsuit against the city of Morgantown on behalf of a homeless resident that has been arrested several times for panhandling. The lawsuit accuses the city of “ramping up efforts to criminalize panhandling” that have resulted in the arrest of her client seven times since June of…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A former inmate from United State Penitentiary Hazelton has been sentenced in the death of another inmate in December of 2023. Stephen C. Crawford, 45, has been sentenced to 188 months in prison for voluntary manslaughter, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily harm. Crawford was convicted in…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University (WVU) and Fairmont State University are finalizing rules and working toward the implementation of the Campus Self Defense Act on July 1, 2024. During a meeting of the WVU Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Dean of Students Corey Farris said the University Police Department is offering training and the administration…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — An Ohio man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for selling dangerous drugs while in possession of a firearm. Tyler Jordan Sands, 23, of Akron, Ohio, admitted to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and unlawful possession if a firearm. Court documents said Sands was under…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Morgantown police made one arrest following an investigation into a knife-point robbery over the weekend. On Saturday, officers were asked to file a report against a subject known as “bald-headed Vinny” about a robbery that allegedly occurred on Spruce Street at an apartment. The victim told police he and another were at…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus announced $140 million from fiscal year 2023 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML) in Morgantown Monday. The plan is expected to create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyze economic opportunity in…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Morgantown resident will serve more than five years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm. Jaja Kiambu Fitzpatrick, 51, has ordered to serve 63 months in federal prison being found in possession of a loaded 9mm handgun after a previous armed robbery conviction in Michigan. The judge also ordered…