America is now a nation where acts of political violence are so predictable that for months before an assailant broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
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Community Kitchen serving up in-person meals after two-year break
“Eyeball” meatballs, pasta, salad, fresh fruit, dessert — and friends sitting down for a warm meal together. That was the main menu Monday at the Community Kitchen, which celebrated both […]
Animal cruelty calls up dramatically at county’s Canine Adoption Center
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Canine Adoption Center Director Dana Johnson said the center has already taken in more animals this year than it did in all of 2021. The numbers, […]
Viatris shareholders to take nonbinding vote on executive pay during December annual meeting
MORGANTOWN — Viatris shareholders will get the opportunity to make a nonbinding vote on executive pay during the company’s 2022 annual meeting, set for Dec. 9, in Florida. Shareholders will […]
Mon Schools forced to cancel routes for Monday due to driver no-shows: Meanwhile, electric bus set to transport students in pilot run
Tony Harris says he’ll be a little more charged up Tuesday than he was the day before. “It’s been interesting,” the transportation director for Monongalia County Schools said, describing the […]
Morgantown police searching for suspect in weekend shooting
Detectives with the Morgantown Police Department are asking anyone with information about an early Sunday morning shooting in downtown Morgantown to contact law enforcement. A press release from MPD officials […]
Four arrested during task force drug raid
Four arrests were made and multiple types of narcotics seized by members of the Mon Metro Drug Task Force on Friday after an ongoing narcotics investigation led them to a […]
AREA ARRESTS
MON SHERIFF Harris, Marcus A., 47, strangulation, Oct. 23, Deputy Watkins. Hunn, Jeffrey W., 35, domestic battery, Oct. 25, Deputy Bradford. Rowe, Seth Allen, 29, grand larceny, three counts obtaining […]
Teacher did what Uvalde cops couldn’t
by Will Bunch There were two stories out of the American heartland this week that mostly got lost in a frenetic autumn of political anxiety and baseball joy (or sorrow), […]
Throwing food on famous art distracts from protestors’ cause
by Tyler Michals The worldwide debate over climate change is descending into a political food fight. Last Sunday, climate activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s famous “Les Meules” painting, […]
