Think back. Growing up, were you an egg, or a ball? Did you crack under pressure? Or, did you roll yourself back to a true trajectory, after an unexpected negative […]
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Mountain State scores in reading and math are getting better, national study shows
Call it a post-COVID push of the good kind. West Virginia’s fourth- and eighth-graders in 2024 continued to inch steady improvements in reading and math scores, despite big losses wrought […]
Mon Schools’ director of federal funding: ‘We’re just gonna have to wait — and see what happens’
Joyce Walker Bennett wanted to do something special when she retired in 2021 from Monongalia County Schools. Bennett spent 25 years as a social worker with the school district’s Head […]
Charge against Natalie Webb dismissed: School district fired North Elementary principal 2 years ago, saying she failed to report incident of abuse in a timely manner
A misdemeanor charge that led to the firing of a North Elementary School principal two years ago was dismissed last week in Monongalia County Circuit Court. “I am thankful,” Natalie […]
Mon sheriff investigating last Sunday’s fatal crash on Cheat Lake Bridge
If you were traveling on the eastbound lane of Interstate 68’s Cheat Lake Bridge around noon or thereafter during last Sunday’s snowstorm, Monongalia County Sheriff Todd Forbes wants to hear […]
Car and body recovered from Cheat Lake; no official report, but family confirms they belong to missing Pennsylvania man
First responders recovered a car Sunday afternoon that had been submerged in frozen-over Cheat Lake – but Monongalia County Sheriff Todd Forbes stopped short of confirming if the deceased man […]
Search continues for Smithfield, Pa., man missing since Sunday at the height of winter storm
Kevin Lataille knew his wife was going to fret about the weather. That’s why the Smithfield, Pa., man called her, after clocking out from his shift at the Patteson Drive […]
Remembering Ellen: Funeral set Saturday for Pa. woman found dead in Fairmont
Ellen Donahoo made the best cinnamon rolls around. Cookies, black raspberry jelly and those legendary birthday cakes for her grandkids, too. If there was a baby squirrel or baby raccoon […]
MHS math teacher receives national recognition for her work in the classroom
Students don’t sit still in Kerianne Smead’s classroom at Morgantown High School, and she doesn’t either. That’s by design. Her charges are constantly on their feet, engaging with the interactive […]
Mon Schools on winter makeup days: ‘We still have plenty of options’
The homework assignment for Monongalia County students on Tuesday, Jan. 21 was just as easy as it was serious. Said assignment? Do whatever you want. Just so long as you […]
