BLACKSVILLE — Calliope Beers — “Cal,” to all who know her — didn’t have to paint a picture Sunday afternoon. “Oh, yeah, I’ll definitely miss people,” the member of Clay-Battelle’s […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Don Wilcox: WVU marching band director was about pride, personality and performance
Like the state of West Virginia formation on the 50-yard-line during halftime at Mountaineer Field, the tributes kept lining up Tuesday for Don Wilcox, the director emeritus of WVU’s marching […]
MHS Class of 2024: ‘It started out being weird — but it worked out’
Abigail Duncan was an eighth-grader when the call came down. It was March 13, 2020 – Friday, the 13th – and Gov. Jim Justice had just ordered all public schools […]
Ken Godwin: A song in lots of hearts
Hey, kid, no pressure: but there’s the spotlight, and it’s time for your big number, so get out there and show ‘em how it’s done. That’s how it worked for […]
UHS Class of 2024: ‘Never let your fears hold you back’
Everyone was teasing Rose McCoy about the giant fantasy novel she was graduating to, during University High School’s 98th commencement Friday night. Not that she was being disrespectful, mind you. […]
Mon students earn Golden Horseshoe honor
Sure, you know your West Virginia pop culture. Your Mothman, your Mary Lou Retton, and the like. You know your favorite foods: pepperoni rolls, ramps, a certain hot dog place […]
MTEC completers on their instructors: ‘They respect you’
The little boy wearing the oversized T-shirt didn’t realize it, but the writing on the back of his garment also made a pretty good credo for the proceedings Wednesday evening […]
State Department of Education links with online emotional health platform
You’re late again on the mortgage. Once again, you’ve got too many bills — and not enough paycheck. You don’t want to say it out loud, but losing the house […]
‘Everybody loved him’ UHS raises money in memory of fallen classmate
A little bit after 3 p.m. Monday at University High School, and the students were gone – out of there – for the day. The Bluebird buses had all cleared […]
In orbit, on the ground: Westwood Middle’s NASA-winners tour the W.Va. Botanic Garden
For the past several months, a group of students in Lindsay Smalls’ science class at Westwood Middle School have been spending their time looking up – as in, beyond the […]
