KINGWOOD, W.Va. — In Kingwood, Preston High School and Preston County Schools Central are on “hold” due to a social media threat. Superintendent Brad Martin said they are working with law enforcement to investigate the matter. On “hold” means all doors locked with students and personnel inside and no outdoor activities. Martin said the “hold”…
ROCK CAVE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department took an intoxicated woman into for driving with two small children and explosives in the car. Ashley Galloway, 32, was stopped on Gaines Road in Rock Cave with children ages 3 and 5 in the car. During the stop deputies said Galloway was making…
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. An Upshur County couple has been sentenced in connection with two shaken baby deaths in 2022. Thomas Cunnigham, 29, and Ciera Gillespie, 27, had a one-year-old and a two-year-old that died at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital about six weeks apart in 2022 from what doctors said was shaken baby syndrome. Cunningham was given…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Officials are prepared to turn the page on Southern Airways Express as the Essential Air Service (EAS) carrier and move to the first jet air service ever based at the Morgantown Municipal Airport. EAS is a federal program that subsidizes carriers to offset the actual cost of rural airport operations and ensure smaller…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Board of Education (BOE) continues to make efforts to reassure parents of students about the general safety of schools. In response to calls from concerned parents after the school shootings in Georgia and Maryland that occurred last week, Monongalia County Schools Director of Safe Schools Adam Henkins presented a…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) heard a presentation from Strand Associates, Inc., about system-wide capitol improvement needs and received updates on several important projects. The combined total of all the capitol improvement proposal is about $64.1 million. An engineer from Strand Scott Stearns said an evaluation determined the system will reach capacity,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –– Morgantown City Councilor from the Fifth Ward Danielle Trumble is providing insight into why she does not supprt the recently passed camping ban. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Trumble said the measure was approved with no workshop and was moved through the process with very little compromise leading up to the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets will hold a 24-hour vigil to remember the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States of America. Recruiting Operations Officer John Dowling said the idea came from the cadet class of 2001 and has become an annual event…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police have made an additional arrest in 2022 in Harrison County. Investigators from the state police said in May 2022 Candi Blake, 39, assisted Brock Corel Pearson after he alledegly murdered Juan Kas Trechsel-Valerio. Police said Blake helped Pearson avoid authorities and helped set fire to a shed that…
