MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 18-year-old woman. Bianca Lamore, believed to be 5-foot-1, 135 pounds, hasn’t been seen since Dec. 30, 2025. She was last seen on School Street in Morgantown. Lamore has brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with any information is…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The suspect in an officer-involved shooting in Monongalia County has been identified and is expected to be arraigned over the weekend. Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a domestic incident with shots-fired just after midnight Saturday. Tommy Gorrell, of Morgantown, was shot on the porch of the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Morgantown woman is facing charges for allegedly causing a car crash in November 2025 that killed at least one person while she was DUI. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office announced via press release that Brandi N. Taylor, 40, was arrested Friday after deputies executed an active warrant. Taylor’s arrest occurred after a…
BICKMORE, W.Va. — State Police have charged a Clay County mother after her teenage son allegedly shot and killed his father in a domestic incident. Misty Winebrenner, 48, of Bickmore, has been charged with child neglect and failure to report abuse and neglect. The shooting was reported on Tuesday at a home in the Bickmore part…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A Marion County man is in custody and charged with distribution and exhibiting material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Dakota Hanuszak, 22, of Fairmont, faces the charge following an investigation that began Dec. 18. An alert from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led to an investigation on Locust…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It’s shaping up to be a snowy and chilly New Year’s celebration around West Virginia, with a clipper system bringing winter weather into the Mountain State over the next 24 hours. Up to ten inches of snow is expected in higher elevations, while accumulations in the lowlands could reach four inches. “This is…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A winter weather advisory will go into effect Wednesday at 4 p.m. and remain in effect until Thursday at 10 a.m. The advisory covers the period of New Year’s Eve night into New Year’s Day morning. Total snow accumulations in some areas can feature two to four inches of snow. Plan on slippery…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A Harrison County man is facing charges connected to the fatal Dec. 2 crash in Philippi that killed Tiffany Hillery. Chadley Claypool, 39, of Stonewood is accused of driving the vehicle over an embankment near WCW Coal Company Road. Investigators believe Claypool was attempting to drive to Harrison County to sell controlled substances.…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A Fairmont man is in custody for allegedly striking a West Virginia State Police trooper in the face. 30-year-old Austin Ray Lamparter was arrested on December 21 after an attempt was made to take him into custody for an alleged domestic incident that took place earlier in December. According to a criminal complaint,…
GREENE COUNTY, PA. – An 18-year-old man accused of killing his mother and injuring his father is in custody after being arrested in West Virginia. West Virginia State Police arrested Jared Noll on Saturday in connection with a shooting that occurred Friday afternoon in Greene County, PA. Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were called to a…