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The death of a 15-month-old girl is prompting the West Virginia Legislature to tighten the state's child neglect laws.

Former Mountaineer linebacker Branko Brusick is facing four to 20 years in prison.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A former special education teacher at a Morgantown elementary school has been charged with the sexual abuse of a student in 2009.

U.S. Department of Agriculture employees have killed eight coyotes in a hilltop shopping center complex near Morgantown.

Putnam County School Superintendent Harold "Chuck" Hatfield will keep his post for another four years after board members voted to renew his contract through 2016 during a regular meeting Monday night.

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Media outlets report that the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department identified the victim as 23-year-old Quinten Bolden of Morgantown.

Jan 25 John Palmer, Scott Lepka Clif Tennant, DeWayne Jarvis and Robert Hillberry vs.

While Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Raese looks to have a reasonably calm Republican primary season with no opposition, Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin may have a headache on his hands in the Democratic Primary.

Hunters killed 45 deer during Morgantown's first urban archery hunt. Monongalia County Deer Control Committee chairman Rick Bebout says 21 deer were donated to local food banks.

A Monongalia County circuit judge Wednesday denied a motion from the Big East Conference to stay the West Virginia-based lawsuit between the league and West Virginia University.

Inside an old department store on a quiet street, the sounds of rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, gospel, country, or bluegrass can be heard on any given night of the week.

Andrew McIntyre, 20, was facing first-degree after using a compound bow to shoot and kill 19-year-old Marcus Toothman in Oct.

Both WorkForce West Virginia and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, respectively, reported slight increases in unemployment rates for the tri-county area in December 2011.

Jan. 21 John and Patty Renner, Travis, Matthew and Coby Renner vs. Eastern Consolidated Coal, Patriot Coal, Randy Coffindaffer and Joseph "Blair" McGill PA-Paul Cranston; J-NA * John Renner is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful termination of his job as mine forman for the Federal No.

The prosecution in the case against a Monongalia County teenager charged with first-degree murder began calling witness to the stand in circuit court Wednesday.

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Roxanne Miller said her nephew, Austen Rogers, 13, didn't return to his grandparents' Bretz area home early Thursday after leaving his other grandparents' home across the woods.

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