PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. — Deputies from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department recovered a stolen car and arrested a suspect in an attempted murder investigation in Maryland Wednesday. The vehicle was reported stolen from the Cuzzart area and had been spotted just across the state line in Maryland in Cranesville. When deputies spotted the car, the…
CHEAT LAKE, W.Va. — Detectives from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department report they are examining the role a semi-truck may have played in a fatal accident on I-68 eastbound on the Cheat Lake Bridge January 19. The driver of the passenger car, Kevin Lataille of Smithfield, Pennsylvania, 59, was killed in the accident. Sheriff Todd…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown area avoided most of the severe weather conditions overnight Wednesday but set a rainfall record. The Morgantown area received 1.59 inches of rain Wednesday, topping the record of 1.41 inches recorded on the same day in 1955. MetroNews Accuweather Meteorologist Jeff Nordeen said areas to the east received significant amounts…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Marion County School System will increase school safety measures with several new technology updates. One update includes adding facial recognition technology entrances to nearly half of the schools in the county, according to Superintendent Donna Heston. [We received] a grant from the school building authority for 2.7 million dollars to undertake…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Two Maryland men are behind bars following a pursuit that originated in Ohio and ended in Monongalia County. Troopers with the West Virginia State Police identified a car associated with a felony theft report in Logan, Ohio and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on I-79 northbound near the Goshen Road.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Morgantown firefighters responded to a two-story blaze in a single family home Wednesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to the home on Montrose Avenue with flames showing through the roof at 7:05 a.m. and arrived in four minutes, 30-seconds. The fire was under control in less than 13 minutes. All occupoants in the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –– A Detroit man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the 500 block of Brockway Avenue in November of 2023. Melvin Garth, 28 has been charged with first degree murder and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail. According to police, Richard Demoan Hall, 39, was found…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A fire on a railroad trestle in Clarksburg is under investigation. Units from Clarksburg police and fire were called to the bridge near Peck Street over Elk Creek at 3:30 a.m. and quickly put the fire out. Officials believe the fire may have been started by a person staying under the bridge.…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department made four arrests in an ongoing fentanyl investigation Monday. Deputies said they found evidence of drug use, paraphernalia, packaging materials, and 13 grams of a white powdery substance suspected to be fentanyl prepared for sale. Deputies arrested Mirranda Godrey, 44, Samantha Sease, 32, Jeremy Markley,…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Morgantown man accused of attempting to buy a child in Mexico will serve 10 years in federal prison for failing to update his sex offender registry before traveling internationally. Scott David Bixler, 43, was arrested in Mexico, where investigators believed he attempted to purchase a 7-year-old girl. Court documents said Bixler…