MORGANTOWN — The toothpaste was so good, Jaki Steward Hernandez ate every bit of it. “It had a sweet taste to it,” she told the congregants of Sabraton Baptist Church […]
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Football fever: Alumni host Countdown to Kickoff
MORGANTOWN — Somebody needs to put a football in Ryder Partridge’s hands — quick. He just might be a natural-born running back. The 4-year-old was doing a good job of weaving […]
Child advocacy center working to heal families affected by opioid abuse
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center is taking a new, whole-family approach to help kids in families broken and devastated by opioid abuse. The Drug Endangered Children (DEC) […]
Netflix’s ‘Mindhunter’ to hold open casting calls for extras
Casting calls for “Mindhunter” will be from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 7 at the WVU College of Creative Arts. Actors must live within 90 minutes of Pittsburgh and have reliable transportation. […]
WVU Festival of Ideas topics range from GMOs to suicide prevention
MORGANTOWN — WVU recently announced its lineup for this season’s Festival of Ideas. It will cover topics ranging from suicide prevention to civic engagement to genetically engineered food. The series includes: […]
After three decades, Donny Williams retires from DOH
MORGANTOWN — For nearly 31 years, West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) District 4 Engineer Donny Williams has made the state’s highways and byways his business. Now he’s ready to […]
Preston Memorial CEO addresses leaked financial reports
KINGWOOD — Preston Memorial Hospital (PMH) is meeting and exceeding a lot of industry benchmarks, CEO Melissa Lockwood said last week. That’s despite internal documents that show the critical care […]
Classic cars: Model T club shows off collection at auto show
ALPINE LAKE — They called themselves the Four Vagabonds. No, it wasn’t a 1950s singing group. It wasn’t even the ‘50s. Think 40 years earlier. “Between 1915 and 1924, Henry […]
Kingwood vacant building ordinance sees results
KINGWOOD — As Kingwood nears the first anniversary of having a vacant building ordinance, it is seeing results. Councilman Mike Lipscomb spearheaded implementation of the law, which was passed Oct. […]
War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year […]
