In spring 2020, at the height (or depth) of the pandemic, Kerrigan Hawthorne and her friends at Preston High School found themselves in Prom Purgatory. Everything in the state was […]
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‘You know you can’: Libera to host urban rappelling event for a worthy cause
A bunch of people are set to go over the edge April 23 in downtown Morgantown — and they want to take you with them. It’s all part of a […]
Mon Schools: Nothing (COVID) to report — and never mind the Avalanche
Monongalia County school board members got to do something during their meeting Tuesday night that hasn’t always been possible over the past three years: They got to look ahead. With […]
Strawberries make the foundation
There’s still time to order your strawberries from the Morgantown High School Foundation. In fact, it’s never been easier, foundation member Stephanie Lorenze said. These days, you’ll find a QR […]
‘This is my Christmas — right here’: Operation Santa Claus founder Sylvia Chico dies
The staff at William R. Sharp Jr. Hospital turned the Santa hat on Sylvia Chico that snowy December day back in 2016. She twinkled like the tree at Rockefeller Center […]
‘I don’t want this to be our legacy’
GRANT TOWN — Michael Whitten’s dad didn’t get rich from coal. While the Boone County miner was able to make an adequate living for his family during the boom years […]
Foundation of life: After losing his daughter and wife to illness and suicide, Jon LaPlante rebuilds to help others
In many ways, this story is about a photograph. The two women in this particular picture are regarding the lens with smiles and dancing eyes. It’s warm, and hardly feels […]
Holding court — at Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center
That’s the way the ball bounces, at the Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center. Or rather, that’s the way the ball is going to bounce at the Hazel and J.W. […]
Area couple ready to open their doors to war refugees
“Home is where the heart is” — that’s not just needlepoint on a pillow for Hilda Heady. In fact, the retired WVU social worker and rural health administrator wants to […]
Mon Schools: Each zero means a big leap to ‘new normal’
Donna Talerico has never been happier to see such low marks in Monongalia County’s school system. “It’s like night and day,” she said. The deputy superintendent of schools was talking […]
