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. — The Morgantown City Clerk’s Office has officially presented an updated list of candidates running for city council in the upcoming municipal election. Less than a week before the deadline to file as a candidate for council for the April 29 election, Morgantown City Clerk Christine Wade announced that five candidates from the…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The suspect in a November 2024 bar shooting in Fairmont has been indicted on multiple counts connected with the incident. Anya Taylor, 32, allegedly shot a male victim twoce at TG’s Bar and Lounge during an altercation. The victim, identified as Joseph Douglas was later flown to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and…
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.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One of the longest-tenured members on Morgantown City Council will not seek another term in office. Less than a week before the deadline to file as a candidate for council in the 2025 Morgantown Municipal Election, Second Ward Councilor Bill Kawecki announced at the end of the council’s regular meeting Tuesday that…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A lease that would move forward on the development of the largest hangar at the Morgantown Municipal Airport has been given the initial green light by the city officials. The Morgantown City Council unanimously approved the first reading of an agreement between the airport and Shaft Drillers International, where the contracting company…