Emily Calandrelli gave a delighted laugh when she saw the look on the little girl’s face after the Alka-Seltzer rocket shot upward. Calandrelli, an internationally known advocate of all things […]
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Don Knotts and The Metropolitan Theatre to take center stage in Morgantown for a shared birthday next week
“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 […]
Seven decades of merit — at Camp Mountaineer
As a kid, Wes Metheney helped clear brush at Camp Mountaineer, when the 1,000-acre Boy Scout camp was taking form in the woods off Grafton Road, near Morgantown. “I grew […]
‘I’d call that more than respectable’ — MTEC students turn in top showing in national SkillsUSA competition
Don Robinette does a lot of yelling at the Monongalia County Technical Education Center during the course of the academic year. Not that the welding instructor is angry, mind you. […]
State BOE gets Upshur update
Upshur County’s school district is inching its way back to compliance — a year after the state took over its operations following complaints that the district mismanaged federal COVID monies. […]
Morgantown man puts a shine on county’s Civil War history
Don Stenger knows a good finish when he sees one. After all, that’s what the legendary car detailer did for nearly 40 years in Morgantown as the owner and proprietor […]
Nashville songwriter Major to play a set of songs in his native Morgantown
As of this writing, Nashville songwriter (and Morgantown native) Kevin Major still hasn’t been excommunicated for “Sister Mary Margarita’s,” his comedic-take tune about an enterprising order of nuns who open […]
In Duke’s name: Raley family donates $1M to planned sports complex at UHS
All Nancy Pride Raley need do is close her eyes – and her little brother is right there. “I can still picture him,” she said. “He’s playing sandlot ball in […]
MTEC tops in Texas — and the nation
Five students from the Monongalia County Technical Education Center pursuing careers in nursing and healthcare administration can now count themselves among the country’s best. Madison Moon, Kendall Straus, Berna Toedt, […]
West Virginia state park has July 4 history, too
In Pocahontas County on this day 95 years ago, Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park was dedicated. Which was an appropriate date, as many will say. That’s because the intense, 1863 […]
