Fairmont man killed in Wednesday Mon County truck crash

MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department has identified the person killed in a Wednesday evening truck crash as Bradley Fairman, 57, of Fairmont. Deputies were called to Smithtown Road near the intersection with Smithtown School Road at 7:21 p.m. and found a truck had s...[read more]

State health officials assist with contact tracing in Monongalia County following confirmed measles case

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Morgantown man convicted in child porn case

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A jury has found a 39-year-old Morgantown man has been convicted of possessing and receiving child pornography in federal court. FBI agents identified the IP address of Christopher Harp active in sending and receiving illegal images via a peer-to-peer network. A subsequint sea...[read more]

Drug Take Back Day this Saturday

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at several locations across Monongalia County. Spokesman for the United States Drug Enforcement Agency Kevin McWilliams said nationwide they expect to collect hundreds of thousands of pounds of unused or ...[read more]

International cyber security live-fire exercise wraps in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defense exercise in the world has wrapped up in the West University Coliseum. Locked Shields 24 involves 40 countries, 3,000 participants, 193 in West Virginia and is presented by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Cen...[read more]