CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Morgantown man has been sentenced to nearly 5 years in federal prison for conspiring to ilegally purchase firearms. The investigation began at a residence in Morgantown when police responded to a domestic incident involving Todd Houston, 36. Investigators later learned Houston was attempting to sell more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Around 500 people attended the 2025 Focus Forward: Long Live West Virginia in Morgantown on Tuesday. The event included the final fireside chat with soon-to-retire West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and current Marshall University President Brad Smith. After the fireside chat, Gee said the future of WVU is bright and that…
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The Preston County School System will receive a slight increase in revenues in comparison to neighboring counties. The Preston County Board of Education approved general expense levy rates for Fiscal Year 2025-26 where the school systems is projected to receive approximately $9.91 million as part of state legislative allocations. The rates were…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The recent storms that took out power for nearly half of the Morgantown area have apparently led to representatives at Chestnut Ridge Park to cancel reservations scheduled for the upcoming weekend. As part of a damage assessment that took place in response to the weekend storms that reportedly took out over 100…
OAKLAND, Md. — A Good Friday crash at the Maryland, West Virginia state line over the weekend killed a mother and her teenage boy. Around 2:25 p.m. April 18, deputies with the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision at the intersection of Hutton Road and Dilly Road. Deputies said…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — FirstEnergy is using a mix of in-house and private contractors to get to complete power restoration following Saturday’s storms. The restoration time for all customers without power is April 23 at 11 p.m. Spokesman Will Boye said at one point there were 48,000 customers without power, and as of Tuesday morning, that…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — During the first five days of early voting in Morgantown, 273 ballots have been cast. The historic train depot in Hazel Ruby McQuain Park has averaged a little more than 50 voters a day, and the highest total so far in early voting was Saturday, April 19, when 93 ballots were cast.…
WESTOVER, W.Va. — The next stage of the Holland Avenue sewer line replacement project is expected to begin as early as Tuesday. City of Westover Director of Public Works Jason Stinespring announced that the sewer line portion of the project that also includes addressing the retaining wall near the Westover Bridge and the repaving of…
