MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Coal Association believes the First Energy plan to add natural gas to two power plants is not a good value for taxpayers or residents of Harrison and Monongalia Counties. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” President Chris Hamilton said they hope their decision will change over the five-year implementation…
By Savannah Jones MORGANTOWN W.Va — Singh Sukhjinder, the suspect in an I-68 eastbound fatality on Jan. 19, was misidentified and arrested earlier this week by the Phoenix Police Department, per a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department press release on Friday. A man falsely believed to be Sukhjinder was arrested during a traffic stop on March…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Multiple agencies, mostly led by the Fairmont Police Department of the Three Rivers Violent Crime Task Force, arrested 30 this week on 87 different counts of drug activity during operation “Spring Cleaning.” Eighty-one of the charges were related to the sale of the deadly drug fentanyl. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,”…
WESTON, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, with the help of U.S. Marshals, has arrested a kidnapping suspect in Weston. Rashaad S. Hairston, 28, of Pittsburgh, is accused of kidnapping a female from Pittsburgh on January 23. An exhaustive investigation developed critical evidence pointing to Hairston as a prime suspect. Because of the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The eighth suspect involved in the February 9 attack at a downtown Morgantown pizza shop has been identified. Travis Crutcher, 19, of Pennsylvania, has been charged with misdemeanor battery for his alleged involvement in the assault that took place at the Casa Di Amici restaurant where the victim was forced into a…
MAIDSVILLE, W.Va. — Investigators have started work into finding the cause of a residential trailer fire in Monongalia County on Wednesday that killed several animals. Firefighters responded to the call at around 4 p.m. on March 5 with first reponders finding the trailer full engulfed in flames when they arrived. The elderly woman who lived…
GRAFTON, W.Va. — A Grafton man has been charged for allegedly attacking a woman with a knife over the weekend. Officers with the Grafton Police Department arrested Steven Barker, 29, of Grafton after they responded to a call on March 1 where an individual requested a domestic violence prevention order due to a fight. According…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Officials have announced the resumption of the Morgantown Police Department’s (MPD) Safe Streets Initiative as of March 1. The program was implemented in August of last year and extended through the holiday season to increase the visibility of police and safety of the public. “With St. Patrick’s Day and warmer weather coming…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegate Geno Chiarelli, R, Monongalia, 77, is one of several sponsors of legislation that would add more oversight to harm reduction programs across the state. House Bill 2378 in its current form would require harm reduction programs to have some form of regular local oversight. Chiarelli was also a sponsor of a…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The City of Morgantown has released details into their capital improvement plans and the budget of capital escrow expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year. City Finance Director Jonathan Furgison presented details of the City of Morgantown Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 where he detailed approximately $60 million in projected capital…