MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The city of Morgantown is now facing a second lawsuit related to alleged misconduct by a former city employee. Dan Fluharty, who served as deputy director of Engineering and Public Works from October 2022 to April 2023, has been named in two lawsuits that accuse him of inappropriate touching, sexually charged behavior…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –– The St. Francis Alumni Association has honored Paul Massullo, class of 1978, with the Lance Corporal Russell Cyzick Veteran award. The award was created in 2021 to honor Rusty Cyzick, class of 1981, who killed in the Oct. 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut. The bombing killed…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department arrested a local man for several felony warrants after he returned to the property he had been evicted from. Deputies arrested Tommy John Watson without incident following a trespassing complaint at the property then learned he was wanted for severalother active warrants. “The safety…
PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. — Deputies from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department arrested a fugitive from Maryland while serving a warrant on Aurora Pike Thursday. Police arrested Michael Ray Reckart on an active warrant involving multiple felony drug charges out of Frederick County. During the warrant service Christina Watson and Lori Rodeheaver were also taken into…
Story written by Sofia Wassick FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fairmont State University has recently instituted the Martin “Mike” Arcure Memorial Impact Scholarship, an award honoring the late Mike Arcure. This $1,000 annual scholarship will benefit full-time Fairmont State University undergraduates who are in need of financial aid and are former graduates of Marion County, West Virginia,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Utility Board has greenlighted a contract with Anderson Excavating to address damage to the Deckers Creek Sanitary Sewer Main Line. The contract valued at approximately $504,000 was unanimously approved as part of an emergency meeting with the MUB board of directors on Thursday in response to a recent landslide that…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department responded to a multi-vehicle accident that took place near the Cheat Lake Bridge late Thursday afternoon. WV511 reported that the accident took place near mile marker 10 along westbound Interstate 68 near the Cheat Lake Bridge at around 4:50 p.m. Thursday. MECCA 911 confirmed that two vehicles…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Utility Board announced that a portion of University Avenue will be closed to repair a sinkhole. MUB Communications Director Chris Dale announced via press release that due to inclement weather and public safety concerns, University Avenue will be closed between Falling Run Road and Stewart Street beginning Friday, July 18.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering celebrated the last days of a weeklong STEM camp for West Virginia high school female students with the use of real-world technology. The SpaceTrek Engineering Camp welcomed 17 high school-aged students from across the Mountain State to the WVU campus, where they took part…
