Pooler will shake your hand, but may not speak to you Little acts of amazing grace are like that. They happen, then they’re gone. Like the time the guy stopped […]
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Mon County BOE talks charter school proposal
What can a charter school do that isn’t already being done in public schools across Monongalia County? That’s the homework assignment from the county Board of Education for anyone considering […]
Remembering, with resolve: Community recalls 1968 Farmington mine disaster
MANNINGTON — Chris Varner held close his 2-year daughter, Braelynn, as he looked at the monument etched with 78 names. “They didn’t have to die,” he said. “But when they […]
She said ‘yes’: USAF Capt. “Shake” Shekhawat proposes in middle of Mountaineer Field
Perspective can be an interesting thing. For example, the iconic Flying WV logo on the 50-yard line at Milan Puskar Stadium still manages to be prominent — even as you’re […]
Organization nominates 10 for its Compassion at Work award
Wait a second. Grocery shopping isn’t supposed to be uplifting, is it? Isn’t it a just a matter of putting things in your cart, and then cursing when you get […]
A Moment of Magic: WVU chapter hosts benefit concert to help those battling cancer
They were all in their secret identities as WVU students Thursday night in Morgantown. All those brave princesses, bold superheroes and just-plain goofy characters who make us laugh, we mean. […]
Some gave all: Veterans honored at WVU appreciation breakfast
There was many a night when Tom Bennett had to sneak back into his house as a teenager growing up in Suncrest. No, he wasn’t parking with his girlfriend or […]
A Personal Cause
Family raises funds for room in name of Johnny Koon On a rainy October evening in 2011, several members of the Koon family, of Westover, assembled in the meeting hall […]
Tough love: Outside linebackers coach Al Pogue gives lessons in football and life
Could Abraham Maslow, the preeminent psychologist, trash-talk as exuberantly as Alphonso Pogue, the high-energy, high-thinking, outside linebackers coach for the WVU Mountaineers? No. Or, probably not, anyway. At least based […]
Mon Valley Habitat for Humanity, WVU team up to help provide housing at new location
Sometimes, a kid just has to romp in her front yard. Even on a cold, rainy day. And even if said yard doesn’t exist … yet. That’s what 4-year-old Athena […]
