BY Gretchen MckayAssociated Press Maple sugaring season is wrapping up in the Northeast in the next few weeks, and by all accounts it’s been a pretty good year for syrup. […]
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Missing 92-year-old woman found
MORGANTOWN — Margaret Messenger, 92, who went missing Tuesday, has been found alive, according to a spokesperson for the Preston County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Preston […]
Two Morgantown brothers hope to improve hometown through pitch competition
MORGANTOWN — Two Morgantown brothers are competing in the first ever My Hometown is Cool competition in hopes of bringing a new community sign to their Greenmont neighborhood. Nine-year-old Milan […]
Compliance checks canceled by COVID are back
Half of stores visited by an underage operative on March 24 sold them alcohol. “Oh, 50% is high,” Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said. “When we were doing it consistently […]
Longtime MPD officer named chief
A Morgantown native and 27-year veteran of the Morgantown Police Department is now its chief of police. Chief Eric Powell, 52, who served as interim police chief since the resignation […]
House adds vehicles to its property tax amendment; Sen. Maroney cleared of charge of soliciting prostitute
MORGANTOWN – The differing House and Senate proposals to allow the Legislature to set property tax rates became essentially the same on Tuesday when the House approved an amendment to […]
House approves trimmed-down intermediate court bill, sends it back to the Senate
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates finally approved a Senate intermediate appeals court bill. The next step will be to see if the Senate accepts the House cutting the size […]
A look at the life of Agnes Greer
The washcloth and the desk plaque. Doesn’t get any more fundamental, or elemental, than that – but it’s also slightly ahead of the narrative. First, some backstory: All during March, […]
Morgantown names new police chief
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws announced today that Interim Police Chief Eric Powell will serve as the next Police Chief of the Morgantown Police Department. The hiring comes […]
Forsythia: A dainty, cheerful sign of spring
While winter weather will likely return (according to weather reports, in just a couple of days), I’m taking much joy in spring flowers brought into bloom by the warm weather […]
