“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, […]
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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 […]
Clay-Battelle Class of 2024: Of ‘The Lion King’ and life’s simple pleasures
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 […]
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 […]
