Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. The object was small and round, and […]
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Reporter looks to the experts to assign some meaning to 9/11
My Sept. 11, 2001, happened, in part, on Sept. 12, 2001. And Sept. 13, 2001. That’s when I began talking to experts in earnest — after everyone was frozen in […]
‘We drew our kids in and hoped for the best’
The morning was already tragic enough, Eddie Campbell Jr. remembered. “Well, then we got the news of the plane going into The Pentagon,” he said, “and that changed everything.” These […]
WVU Sept. 11 wreath-laying, vigil connects students too young to know to the tragedy
MORGANTOWN — There’s a mostly paraphrased quote out there attributed to Robert Frost that goes something like this: “Poetry makes you remember what you didn’t know you knew.” It definitely […]
Early voting begins for Mon’s excess school levy election: Poll workers still needed for Sept. 25
Early voting begins today for the excess levy election for Monongalia County schools. Ballots may be cast from 9 a.m-5 p.m. through Sept. 22 at Mon’s Election Center in the […]
Warner to Mountain State 100-year companies: ‘You’re the true backbone of West Virginia’
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown area businesses recognized by West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner on the day after Labor Day have lots of stories to tell – and never […]
COVID up in Mon schools
Ninety students in the district have tested positive for COVID the new school year thus far. And 316 of their classmates are currently out on quarantine. Twelve staffers have also […]
School district will follow doctor’s orders
Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said the district will go into September just like a good, compliant patient. That is, it will follow doctor’s orders – the doctor in […]
Labor Day 2021: A remembrance of Rosies (and a comedic, cautionary tale about Zoom)
Rod Ponton and Jean Malone don’t know one another. They’ve never met and no one knows if they would become friends, if they did. Both have one thing in common, […]
Pandemic or no, the High Holidays are here
It’s Friday afternoon, and Rabbi Joe Hample is frazzled, and laughing, at the same time. He’s three days out from Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, and […]
