MORGANTOWN — Sunday morning firefighters from 11 departments battled for about seven hours to defeat a blaze that claimed two businesses on the Mileground and Mon Health EMS was on […]
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Comic book genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man creator, dies at 95
LOS ANGELES — Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic […]
Model Cleaners, destroyed by fire Sunday, will re-open soon
MORGANTOWN — Model Cleaners was reduced to its frame in a fire early Sunday morning, but owner Dan LaCarte said the business will re-open nearby on Wednesday. “We aren’t going […]
Ojeda — days after losing congressional bid — files for White House run
CHARLESTON — Not even a week from the conclusion of this year’s election, state Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan, is gearing up for another bid for public office. This time, it will […]
Youth football league lays flags at graves of fallen soldiers
MORGANTOWN — On a frosty Sunday morning, Veterans Day, the players and cheerleaders of the Westover Rockets youth football league organization took a break from their sport that favors military […]
Blue Parrot, Model Cleaners destroyed in early morning fire on Mileground
MORGANTOWN — About the only thing left of the Blue Parrot Cabaret on Sunday afternoon was its famous marquee sign reading “Let’s Go Mountaineers” on one side and “Now Hiring Dancers” on […]
This motivation is making me uncomfortable
I don’t consider myself to be an overly negative person. I’ve had a half-full glass a time or two in my life. Like, just yesterday, I woke up and said […]
Three veterans reminisce about military service, celebrate reunion
MORGANTOWN — John Reckart, Charles “Skip” Livengood and Carl Rhodes have been friends for a very long time. The three Preston County men were drafted together in the United States […]
Switching tempo helps lift West Virginia’s offense against TCU
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia wasn’t trying to replicate Muhammad Ali’s old rope-a-dope strategy, but the effect was all the same Saturday afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium. At the drop of […]
3 things we learned: Buffalo 99, West Virginia 94
Three takeaways from West Virginia’s 99-94 upset loss in overtime to Buffalo on Friday night: 1. You can never leave too early: Turns out those second-half collapses against Kansas and […]
