Building taxes $800K short
Jeff Mikorski said the city will receive $800,000 less in
taxes for
construction projects than what was projected in the 2012-’13
budget. Read
more ...
Judge steps
aside from
two appeals Monongalia
County Circuit
Court Judge Phil Gaujot recused himself from two appeals of a conditional-use
request approved for a “lodging or rooming house” at 206 Spruce St. Read
more ...
Union,
Sierra Club protest meeting Nearly
300 union workers
rallied for progress on stalled
contract negotiations and more workers as FirstEnergy held its first shareholders
meeting outside its Akron, Ohio, home Tuesday in Morgantown. Read
more ...
Search
nearly complete after tornado MOORE,
Okla. — Helmeted
rescue workers raced Tuesday
to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City
suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed
countless homes, cleared lots
down to bare red earth and
claimed 24 lives. Read
more ...
Musgrave
top pitcher OKLAHOMA
CITY — WVU’s inaugural Big 12 baseball tournament, head coach
Randy Mazey insists, will be a memorable one for his Mountaineers. Read
more ...
Carpenter
: Worst to
first is fun David Carpenter spent most
of
the 2012 season working out of the bullpen for a Houston Astros team that
lost a Major
League Baseballhigh
107 games. How things have
changed in the past year for the former East Fairmont
High and WVU standout. Read
more ...
Mountaineer
s’ Miles
planning to transfer And then there was one.
Through his Twitter account,
junior forward Keaton Miles announced Tuesday he was leaving the WVU
men’s basketball team and planned to transfer. Read
more ...
Amendment would separate pipeline projects CONCORD,
N.H. —New
Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has introduced an amendment
separating approval of the Keystone pipeline project from authorization
of pipeline activity
between Portland, Maine
and Montreal, Canada. Read
more ... Exorcist
claims
Francis freed
possessed man VATICAN
CITY — A
well-known exorcist insists
Pope Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by
four different
demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal
exorcism took place. Read
more ...
Burglary
charges added A
Monongalia County man arrested
earlier this month is facing five additional felony charges stemming from burglaries
in
South Park and Suncrest. Read
more ...
High
Street work slated for August finish Downtown Morgantown’s streetscape
project on High Street should be done by August,
officials said. Read
more ...
Preston
chamber
honors its members T here’s a huge gap between
what West Virginians consume
each year and what they
grow, West Virginia Commissioner
of Agriculture Walt Helmick told
Preston County Chamber of
Commerce members. Read
more ...
EICHELBERGER,
Clifford
Eugene Sr.
ETLING, Ella Mae
KNOTTS, Dona Evelyn Bolyard
QUEEN, Richard Howard
SAYLOR, Dixie R.
SLAGLE, M. Jean Wiles
WARREN, Aubree Jane Read
more ...
Jodi
Arias asks jury
to give her life in prison PHOENIX —Jodi
Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she “lacked
perspective” when she told a local reporter in an interview
that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail. Read
more ...
IRS
chief knew groups
targeted in 2012 WASHINGTON —The
former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first
learned in the spring of 2012 —
in the heat of the presidential campaign —that
agents had improperly targeted political groups that vehemently opposed
President Barack Obama’s policies. Read
more ...
FBI
identifies five
Benghazi suspects WASHINGTON —The
U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the
attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough
evidence to justify seizing them by military
force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn’t enough proof
to try them
in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers. Read
more ...
Column:
Don’t
pinch
Mazey
while he’s enjoying
WVU dream season WHENEVER
THE WORDS “Dream
Team ” arise in casual conversation, images of Michael Jordan soaring
for a dunk, Larry Bird draining a 3-pointer and Magic Johnson whipping
a behind- the-back pass spring to mind. Read
more ...
Mohigans
aim to snap streak Oh,
yes, the Morgantown High baseball team hears about it. According
to senior shortstop
Nicolas Colasante, there are plenty of folks willing to remind
the Mohigans they
haven’t been to the state tournament since 1976. Read
more ...
Senators
relish chance
to tie series with Pens OTTAWA — After
a win in Game 3, the Ottawa Senators are confident they can tie their series
against
the Pittsburgh Penguins. Read
more ...
ABC
counting on story lines
to sell Indy 500 Helio
Castroneves and Dario Franchitti will be
trying to become four-time Indianapolis 500
champions, four women will roll off the starting grid, a local
boy is on the pole and a group of dynamic rookies that includes
A.J. Allmendinger is there to add intrigue. Read
more ...
Heat
set to face upstart Pacers MIAMI — Dwyane
Wade ’s
rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. The next year,
the Miami Heat were
headed to the Eastern Conference finals and certain that an NBA championship
was in their sights. Read
more ...
NFL,
Xbox enhancing interactive TV viewing Imagine
Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet
on the sideline. Read
more ...
Laws
still trump judgment calls Unlike
the Republican National Committee chairman and some others we thought about
it first. Read
more ...
IRS
went after small fry,
but let big ones get away “PLEASE
PROVIDE COPIES of all your
current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of
all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature
you have disseminated
to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles
that have been published about you." Read
more ...
Letters
to the editor Local
Meals on Wheels
‘stand-alone’ agency
Something
happened
to her $195 tax return
Beware
of seeking
wildlife habitat grant Read
more ...
Sweet
and sour If
the near-90-degree temps the past few days weren’t proof enough, Memorial
Day weekend is almost upon us, to prove summertime is just around the corner. Read
more ...
Colum:
Barbecue vs. grill:
The differences THE
SMELL OF SPRING is in the air,
and with spring comes the beginning
of barbecue and grilling season. Read
more ...
Veggie
burgers: Patties
are delicate but delicious These
veggie burgers draw
their flavor from vegetables,
and that’s the way it should be. Read
more ...
