Monongalia County students are seeing red this morning — and not just because a few might be annoyed about returning to school after a long holiday break. That’s because red […]
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Deputized Dad: Karen Knotts pens a book about her famous father, Don
“You got a uvula.” What’d he say? “They got a uvula.” Pardon me? “I got a uvula, all God’s children got a uvula.” Karen Knotts never knew what she would […]
Area minister D.D. Meighen still has work to do
Today is D.D. Meighen’s 78th birthday, but if you were thinking of, say, getting him a rocking chair – you may want to think again. That’s because the minister, activist […]
Out with the bad air: Mon Schools discusses COVID guidance in its buildings for new year
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district wants to clear the air for 2022. Or at least help students and teachers coexist with it better during these pandemic days. The district […]
The bee is back: County spelling bee (in abbreviated form) will be Jan. 5
MORGANTOWN — Lockdown. L-O-C-K-D-O-W-N, lockdown. Which is what won’t be happening next month for the annual Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee. After COVID-19 derailed it last year, the word-spree for […]
Harvey’s light of learning glows on
MORGANTOWN — Clarence Harvey Jr., the longtime Monongalia County educator and school board member who died last week at the age of 95, was fluent in the language of his […]
‘That’s why Christian Help is Christian Help’
MORGANTOWN — On a rainy July morning six years ago at Christian Help, a WVU student with the geographically lyrical name of Leonardo Trinidad was volunteering his time at the […]
Merry Christmas, Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland rocks. As in, Grover Cleveland, the twice-elected U.S. president whose face is on the now-rare $1,000 bill. While that marquee currency has been officially out of circulation since 1945, […]
Mon Schools: Masks to remain, at least into January
Mon County students didn’t check their face masks at the door when they dismissed two hours early Wednesday for Christmas break. In fact, facial coverings will be required when they […]
‘Uncle Ronnie is Christmas’
When the kid laughed and said, “Willya look at all this stuff,” Ronnie Cain looked over and laughed, too. “And I have stuff in the basement I didn’t even get […]
