BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Police have begun an investigation into what lead a vehicle to cause multiple accidents going in the wrong on direction on Interstate 79. The accidents were reported on I-79 northbound at 1:50 p.m. on Monday between the Clarksburg and Meadowbrook Mall exits near mile marker 120. According to…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Morgantown Police Department released a statement after a video showing officers dispersing a large crowd at a St. Patrick’s Day house party showed up on social media over the weekend. According to the press release, officers responded to a residence on North High Street at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, March…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Clarksburg police officer who assisted in the evacuation after a neighborhood gas explosion is being honored by the department. Via social media, Clarksburg Police Department Chief Mark Kiddy awarded the Meritorious Service Award for his actions on Kramer Driver after a gas explosion killed one resident, leveled a home and damaged…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Coal Association believes the First Energy plan to add natural gas to two power plants is not a good value for taxpayers or residents of Harrison and Monongalia Counties. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” President Chris Hamilton said they hope their decision will change over the five-year implementation…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Pittsburgh man accused of kidnapping a woman and bringing her to Monongalia County in January was arrested in West Virginia on Wednesday. Rashaad S. Hairston, 28, of Pittsburgh, was taken into custody for allegedly driving a female victim out of Pittsburgh toward Monongalia County while threatening her and brandishing a gun…
By Savannah Jones MORGANTOWN W.Va — Singh Sukhjinder, the suspect in an I-68 eastbound fatality on Jan. 19, was misidentified and arrested earlier this week by the Phoenix Police Department, per a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department press release on Friday. A man falsely believed to be Sukhjinder was arrested during a traffic stop on March…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Multiple agencies, mostly led by the Fairmont Police Department of the Three Rivers Violent Crime Task Force, arrested 30 this week on 87 different counts of drug activity during operation “Spring Cleaning.” Eighty-one of the charges were related to the sale of the deadly drug fentanyl. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,”…
WESTON, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, with the help of U.S. Marshals, has arrested a kidnapping suspect in Weston. Rashaad S. Hairston, 28, of Pittsburgh, is accused of kidnapping a female from Pittsburgh on January 23. An exhaustive investigation developed critical evidence pointing to Hairston as a prime suspect. Because of the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The eighth suspect involved in the February 9 attack at a downtown Morgantown pizza shop has been identified. Travis Crutcher, 19, of Pennsylvania, has been charged with misdemeanor battery for his alleged involvement in the assault that took place at the Casa Di Amici restaurant where the victim was forced into a…
