An overnight fire at a home on Green Bag Road left a 48-year-old man dead. According to the WV State Fire Marshal Facebook page the man appeared to die from […]
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Stansbury Hall bricks represent pride, too According to the Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student newspaper, bricks from the Stansbury Hall demolition will be landfilled: “Joe Patten, head of the Design, Planning […]
Jimmy Nelson, pioneering television ventriloquist and father of Morgantown entertainer, dies at age 90
Before all those edgy Hulu originals and the like, there was American television in the late 1940s and early 50s. The then-new medium tossed it all out there, as it […]
Manager of Middletown Mall admits to bankruptcy and tax fraud
Dietrich S. Fansler, manager of Pin Oak Properties, admitted to bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Fansler, of Morgantown, is the managing member of Pin Oak […]
PHS teacher wins appreciation award, money for classroom
KINGWOOD — A “glowing recommendation” from a parent won Preston High teacher Caralea Warnick the 2019 Dino Colombo Law Firm Teacher Appreciation Award. On Tuesday, attorney Jon Godwin, of Colombo […]
Preston County Commissioners talk road work
KINGWOOD — Preston County commissioners discussed road work this week, as reported to them by the State Division of Highways (DOH). Commissioner Samantha Stone said work is under way on […]
University Hosts ‘Showcase of Bands’
Music filled the air Monday night as University High School’s 6th Annual “Showcase of Bands” took to the high school’s football field. UHS’s band director Mark Palmer admits he was […]
Wife testifies husband strangled her at sentencing
KINGWOOD — Joshua Luther Thrasher was sentenced to two years in jail Monday. Under a plea agreement, Thrasher pleaded to two misdemeanor charges of domestic battery. Three other charges against […]
Preston’s PSD 1 explores ways to buy water
KINGWOOD — A lack of rain is forcing Preston County Public Service District 1 to buy water from neighboring utilities. It is also exploring the possibility of buying bottled water […]
Manchin, Capito weigh in on Trump inquiry
West Virginia’s two sitting U.S. senators are closely watching the impeachment maelstrom around President Donald Trump, set in motion by House Democrats last week after the president allegedly asked the […]
