The Monongalia County Board of Education opened its meeting Tuesday night by honoring University High School’s championship cross-country athletes – which also turned out to be an apt legislative metaphor, […]
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Marion Schools latest district to deploy weapon detectors
Technology got on the board first at a high school basketball game Monday night in Marion County. People filing in for the boys’ home contest pitting the Huskies of North […]
Karen and Mared: Morgantown man who got police interested again in the case of the murdered coeds is still hoping for justice — 53 years later
That’s how it works, during these sad searches. You put one foot in front of the other, in gridded-out moves, like a game of chess. Clear one quadrant, one thicket, […]
WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month
Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll get to. Johnson, […]
W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement
In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such educators doling out […]
Salvation Army: No $1K bill — but a big thank you
Earlier that week, someone associated with the Salvation Army here took a call. “Hey,” ventured the anonymous voice. “You may want to check out the kettle at the Walmart in […]
Hope scholarship families begin receiving checks for school
Not without a fight. The first round of Hope scholarship dollars started going out across West Virginia last week, capping a pugilistic history that saw the school choice voucher enacted, […]
NPR’s Eric Deggans: Bigotry and racism are your issues, too
Are you a racist – without realizing? You might be surprised, Eric Deggans said, Monday morning at WVU’s Mountainlair. Even if you inherently aren’t – or think you aren’t – […]
Black, white and the Golden Rule: Al Anderson recalls historic MLK speech, ponders present and future
It’s all the stuff that keeps bubbling up after, Al Anderson said the other day. The Osage activist and old R&B singer allowed himself a brief bit of uncharacteristic melancholy, […]
Auditions underway for ‘Mohigan Idol’: MHS-created talent show has raised close to $200K for WVU Medicine Children’s
Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’ ” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the Hollywood-styled glamour and […]
