When the dollars dry up – the people go with them. That was the gist of the cautionary tale the Monongalia County Board of Education delivered area lawmakers in advance […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Lockerbie suspect in custody — as survivors of the victims continue their hope for justice
When the people left to grieve after Lockerbie remember, it’s always around the void and vacuum of what never got to occur. Harry Bainbridge, who grew up in Fairmont and […]
Scientific crowd-pleaser: Chemistry and science show dazzles children at WVU
You could hear Michael Faraday’s intellectual spirit and sense of discovery in the molecules Saturday morning at WVU’s Clark Hall. It came in the form of all those “oohs and […]
Area ‘Shop with a Cop’ brings fun meaning, in the first degree
It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Wednesday night at the University Town Centre Walmart – and Vic Propst’s salt-and-pepper beard and light-up Santa hat didn’t have […]
Smart music: Clay-Battelle marching band earns state academic award for its 4.0 cumulative GPA
Cruising into Blacksville on a football Friday night at Clay-Battelle High School. Actually, the building houses grades 6 through 12, making it more of a middle school-high school under one […]
‘It was just West Virginia’s turn’: MECCA’s director talks about Wednesday’s ‘swatting’ hoax in the Mountain State
Jim Smith, the director of MECCA 911, was on the phone with Chris McIntire, his counterpart in neighboring Marion County, when the obvious realization hit both emergency response professionals at […]
MECCA 911, Morgantown High targeted in statewide ‘swatting’ hoax
No, I’m a teacher. I’ve got kids in here who have been shot. That’s right, my classroom. No, I don’t know how bad they are. Yeah, there’s somebody in the […]
Asa Davison: Battlefield blessings, for the Black veteran of World War II
MONONGAH – One of the first things you see when you walk into Asa and Dolores Davison’s room is a poster with a heartfelt message. “Choose faith over anxiety, hope […]
Disney exclusive: UHS one of 50 schools in the nation earning the rights to stage ‘Frozen’ musical
Things are currently on the frozen side at University High School, and Monday morning’s 20-degree temperatures didn’t have a thing to do with it. Thank Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Hans, […]
After losing his daughter and wife months apart, Dr. Jon LaPlante to talk about luck, suicide and friends who care
Dr. Jon LaPlante used to shake his head and wonder at the marvel of it all. “I was the luckiest guy in the world,” the Morgantown native and former radiologist […]
