FAIRMONT – The Marion County Board of Education earlier this week suspended the contract of a county teacher currently jailed on a child pornography charge. Michael Joseph Carpenter, the choir director of East Fairmont High…
Local and state election results
Monongalia County Commission Julie Knight admitted to being “very shocked” back on May 12 when she soundly defeated incumbent Jeff…
Trifecta: Capito heads back to U.S. Senate for third term
CHARLESTON - Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the…
Democrat Julie Knight wins Monongalia County Commission seat
MORGANTOWN – Julie Knight admitted to being “very shocked” back on May 12 when she soundly defeated incumbent Jeff Arnett…
Moore bests Parsi in race for West Virginia's 2nd district
MORGANTOWN – With 83% of the vote counted, incumbent Riley Moore was surging over challenger Ace Parsi in the race…
W.Va. voters support adding non-citizen voting prohibition to state constitution
CHARLESTON - Voting by non-citizens is already illegal in West Virginia and federal elections, but voters in the Mountain State…
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No. 24 WVU women's hoops holds off Rhode Island in opener
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High School Sports
Morgantown set to battle top-seeded Woodrow Wilson at 2026 boys state soccer tournament
BECKLEY - The Morgantown High School boys soccer team qualified for the 2026 state…
Obituaries
Wilhelmina Van Liere Batchelder-Brown
Wilhelmina “Mimi” Van Liere Batchelder-Brown, 93, died on Friday, October 9, 2026 in her home in Santa Rosa, California. Mimi is survived by her sons, Van (Joyce Sears) of Vinton, Calif., Terry (Belinda) of Bend, Ore., and Kim (Tracy) of Santa Rosa; her goddaughter Gayle Smalley (Judy Curby) of Newton, Mass.; eight grandchildren, Lauren…
Curtis Victor Taylor
Chester Lee Brooks, 93, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2026. Arrangements, which are incomplete,…
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Community
Celebrating Morgantown’s arts scene this month
Sale of WWII items sparks questions on social media
Morgantown Elks, Vietnam vets' group to host luncheon for those who wore the uniform
Mountaineer mascot rouses crowd at South Middle
Cops and Courts
State police to conduct sobriety checkpoint
Marion BOE suspends contract of jailed teacher
Former Berkeley County Sheriff's Office employee admits fraud, embezzlement
Star City shooting suspect apprehended in Harrison County
Local Government
Democrat Julie Knight wins Monongalia County Commission seat
Efforts underway by new owners to reorganize in the wake of ClearFiber
About 20% of county's voters cast early ballots
Surge in FOIA requests prompts county policy discussion
Business
