Steve Farmer still laughs when he remembers the bellbottoms. Call it a business misstep, of sorts, he said, that turned into a money maker for a man who rarely did […]
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KIDS COUNT gives West Virginia poor grades in children’s health
The 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book is out, and while West Virginia is steadily climbing rungs in its general showing from last year, the state still remains in the lower […]
WVU grad Brielle Kawalek conjures a magical life in Chicago
The coolest thing was when Penn Jillette – the taller, more talkative member of the Penn and Teller magic duo – leaned down and said, “Give ‘em hell,” before she […]
Here comes the sun, at Fawley Music: Sabraton business going 100% solar
Walk in at Fawley Music on any given day and you’ll likely hear it. The hot guitar solo. Or, the attempted hot guitar solo, whenever a customer plugs one in […]
‘Check your bayonets’: Remembering D-Day, and the hours after
“I’m no better than anyone else.” That statement, in effect, was what put Foster Feathers in that landing craft, in the chop of Omaha Beach, on June 8, 1944: D-Day, […]
Gabrielle Chico earns Yanni scholarship
Gabrielle Chico, a recent University High School graduate and completer at the Monongalia County Technical Education Center, is among 30 students from 19 counties across the state to receive a […]
Fairmont State to help launch the only program in the nation for students in foster care
FAIRMONT – Consider the number of kids in foster care in West Virginia. Right now, there are 6,094 children and teens here in that circumstance, according to numbers culled by […]
Mon Schools’ ‘Sizzler’ literacy program gets a read on summer
Don’t wait for the movie – read the book. And enjoy a nice snack box from Monongalia County Schools while you’re at it. That’s the motivation behind the district’s “Summer […]
Cheyenne O’Dowd was in the business of caring
Carolyn O’Dowd will never forget the Post-It notes. Thousands of them, literally, that she helped her daughter, Cheyenne O’Dowd, write during Cheyenne’s senior year of high school back home in […]
Nancy Walker wants Mon’s BOE to go to school on the failure of The Renaissance Academy bond measure
Nancy Walker, the longest-tenured member of the Monongalia County Board of Education, who is stepping down this summer after 28 years in her elected post, asked her fellow board members […]
