KINGWOOD — No one showed up to speak at the public hearing and second reading of the proposed abandoned and dilapidated property ordinance at the Preston County Commission’s regular meeting […]
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Conversion therapy ban gets first nod, masks mandated for city meetings
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s public input on the banning of conversion therapy was fairly lengthy as a dozen or so speakers addressed the issues — all but one encouraging its removal […]
Man pleads guilty to murder of grandson’s mother
The man accused of killing his grandson’s mother pled guilty to first degree murder in Monongalia County Circuit Courty Tuesday afternoon. Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, appeared by video […]
Local NAACP branch calls on Westover’s Stranko to resign for Danielle Walker insult
MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown/Kingwood Branch of the NAACP has called on Westover City Attorney Tim Stranko to resign in the wake of his referring to Delegate Danielle Walker as a […]
New route added to the ‘Morgantown Healthy Streets’ program
A new route is being added to the “Morgantown Healthy Streets” initiative. Beginning Wednesday, Jackson Avenue will be closed to thru-traffic from Grand Street to Jefferson Street. This “soft closure” […]
This is why the U.S. needs to end coastal drilling
The Orange County coastline has become the latest casualty of the nation’s unhealthy dependence on oil. In one of the biggest California spills in decades, a pipeline connected to an […]
Biden latest president to shun Haitians
by DeWayne Wickham On Sept. 24, at the end of a week that began with widely published images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback herding Haitian refugees like cattle […]
Taxing the rich isn’t a new idea
by Maura Quint The year is 1975. The Bee Gees are at the top of the charts. “The Godfather: Part II” just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. And […]
DIY sauna builds space and character
Dear Diary, Building is hard work. But it is also oh-so-satisfying. On that note, progress on building a sauna is coming along quite well. The “we” mentioned in the following […]
South Park murder suspect pleads guilty
Michael Corney, 34, who shot and killed Chadwick Malone, 31, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Sept. 2020, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree on Monday. Corney said he got […]
