A Pennsylvania man is in custody and being charged with first-degree murder after a Morgantown police officer witnessed him fire several rounds into the back seat of a vehicle parked […]
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First Lady announces Communities in Schools West Virginia website launch
Say hello to Foster. And Coal and Jasper. River, too. If you don’t know them, you can make your acquaintance by visiting www.ciswv.org. That’s the website for Communities in Schools […]
AREA ARRESTS
GRANVILLE POLICECook, Rodney Wayne, 29, shoplifting – 3rd offense, Sept. 12, Officer Brown. STATE POLICEJenkins, Joseph, 50, domestic battery, illegal possession of firearms, Sept. 14, Trooper Schlobohm. MON SHERIFFJackson, Alexandre, […]
Delegate Walker refiles lawsuit in Mon County courts against West Virginians for Life
Delegate Danielle Walker has refiled a lawsuit against West Virginians for Life Inc. (WVFL) and the former president of its Berkeley County Chapter, Richard Demoske, in Monongalia County Circuit Court […]
Justice and team: Pandemic winding down but not over yet
MORGANTOWN — COVID numbers in West Virginia and across the nation are improving, but it’s too soon to relax, Gov. Jim Justice and his team said Monday. The numbers: 1,850 […]
Congress must act now to protect marriage equality
The proposed federal Respect for Marriage Act would enshrine marriage equality, ensuring the rights of same-sex and interracial couples. The legislation passed the U.S. House earlier this year with a […]
Did Xi just learn a lesson from Putin?
by Martin Schram This was not the way Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted to look, for all the world to see last Thursday, when he walked into the massive and bizarrely […]
The pro-life movement needs to be more realistic
by Ramesh Ponnuru For nearly 50 years, those of us who favor legal protection for children in the womb have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow abortion policy to […]
Sept. 18 letters to the editor
Thanking businesses for supporting festival As a volunteer of The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, I would like to thank the many Monongalia County and Marion County businesses that supported […]
Guest essay: WVU’s proposed rule change may have chilling effect on faculty’s, staff’s service to community
by John A. Bolt West Virginia University would make a serious mistake by adopting a proposed rule change that could chill a mainstay of the benefits of having a land-grant, […]




