Mon County expects $1.8 million loss due to COVID-19 shutdown

Mon County officials are confident the county can withstand projected revenue losses due to pandemic shutdown.

Police investigate armed robbery in Westover

Police say 2 men robbed of $4,500.

Westover man sentenced for illegally exporting scooters to Iran

Darus Zehrbach, 72, pleaded guilty to one count of offering a false statement to a federal agent. He pleaded in January in connection to a July 2016 incident.

Mon County grand jury returns 132 indictments

The Grand Jury indictments include an Ohio woman accused of shooting and killing a 67-year-old Monongalia County man during an April 2018 robbery.

Mon County circuit judge retiring

Russell Clawges has been on the bench since 1997.

Randolph County murder suspect arrested in Mon County

Vanessa Fay Logan was wanted as part of a murder investigation in Randolph County.

Monongalia County town wants new I-79 interchange south of Westover exit

That potential interchange was the subject of a recent public meeting involving residents and other stakeholders.

Large drug operation takes down 17 in Mon County; 4 in Detroit

The investigation into the Maurice Swift organization began in summer 2017 as a result of a successful prosecution of the Terry Thomas organization

Two men accused of sex crimes among those arraigned in Mon County Circuit Court

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A man indicted for allegedly sexually abusing clerks during two robberies at the same hotel and a 67-year-old charged in a 20-year cold case turned hot were among those arraigned in front of Judge Russell Clawges in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Tuesday was the first of three days of arraignments for those

Mon County Commission: Supreme Court told us they ‘couldn’t afford’ requested rent

For more than three years, the commission and the state's Supreme Court have been at odds over what constitutes "a reasonable amount" for space provided for family court.

Morgantown deputy mayor spars with Mon County Commissioner

Mark Brazaitis says the county's Democrat Party leadership needs to be purged “and replaced with actual progressives.”

Point Pleasant man identified in fatal Mon County crash

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Point Pleasant, W.Va. man has been identified as the victim of a deadly crash at the Interstate 68/79 interchange in Monongalia County. Chester Allen Plants, 70, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Wednesday afternoon. Plants was going from I-68 to I-79 southbound when he lost control of the