FAIRMONT – In summer 1976, Mary Lou Retton was 8 years old – and glued to the console television set in the living room of her childhood home on Beverly […]
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‘I can’t imagine my life without 4-H’: Mon students talk to BOE about their association with the enrichment program
Ben Martin was a self-described “shy kid” growing up – but you never would have known that, judging by his appearance before members of the Monongalia County Board of Education […]
Aristotle Jones named a Black Appalachian Storyteller Fellow
The Appalachian Soul Man is going west. Aristotle Jones, the Morgantown musician, community activist and podcast host who is also known professionally by the above moniker, will perform in Salt […]
Just plane interesting: Two area natives served on the same World War II bomber — two crews apart
Remember “Pin Up Girl”? That was the name of the B-24 bomber Okey Edgell flew in for 13 missions during World War II. Okey, 97, who lives in Fairmont with […]
Walk to End Alzheimer’s: ‘You aren’t alone’
Here’s something to think about the next fall football Saturday you show up at the gate with your ticket in hand, Debbie Spiker said. The number of people suffering from […]
Ladles of love: Empty Bowls ‘FUNraiser’ is next weekend
Hunger smarts. A group of elementary students from a Morgantown area school found that out just before the pandemic three years ago. That was when a representative of Empty Bowls […]
Ladles of love: Empty Bowls ‘FUNraiser’ set for Oct. 14
Most people here know Empty Bowls for its visually compelling Soup and Bread Luncheon, which is held every February. Attendees get to enjoy soups of all kinds from area restaurants […]
‘COVID Cohort’ says it was ready for college — despite having high school disrupted by the pandemic
Marianna Morgano got the last word on COVID last spring as she took the microphone during the Class of 2023 commencement at Morgantown High School. After all, her class — […]
RDVIC: A half-century of being there, for sexual assault victims
The Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center turns 50 in two weeks and it’s reaching that milestone, in part – because Virginia Hopkins didn’t do anything. She can explain. In […]
Fiddling around: Haddox to present at folk life workshop at Fairmont State University
FAIRMONT – Chris Haddox, the WVU professor and Morgantown musician whose self-titled album made a splash on the national folk and Americana charts when it was released two years ago, […]
