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Moving Mountains: Changing the Game

On Oct. 7, United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties is partnering with 3 Guys Before The Game to bring together WVU student-athletes, coaches, community members and supporters for an unforgettable evening of connection and conversation. Moving Mountains: Changing the Game will give ...

Lawmaker presents $50K check to MHS auditorium project

MORGANTOWN – Del. John Williams had a sudden soundtrack Thursday morning on Wilson Avenue. That’s when a selection of members of Morgantown High’s Red and Blue Marching Band – there for a photograph at the street entrance of the school auditorium – kicked out the impromptu jams with ...

Bow-WOW! Volunteers bring new life to Stanley’s Spot

MORGANTOWN - The dog days of summer took on a whole new meaning for members of the community service organization Morgantown Forward this year. Since April, the MoFos – that’s what they call themselves – have logged more than 425 volunteer hours teaching the old Stanley’s Spot Dog ...

Mon BOE schools lawmakers on education issues

MORGANTOWN – The world was a different place when Eddie Campbell Jr. walked across the stage at Wheeling Central Catholic High School to take his diploma in 1984. “I know I’m dating myself,” the Monongalia County Schools superintendent said during Tuesday night’s Board of Education ...

Arthurdale Heritage earns national recognition

ARTHURDALE – As far as Elmer Rich was concerned, he had himself a pretty good deal that sunny July afternoon back in 2013. Rich, who was then 94 and a star on the old-time fiddle circuit, had people up on their feet as he sawed out timeless tunes – “Arkansas Traveler,” “Dill Pickle ...

Worker dies in I-79 accident that injures two others

FAIRMONT – It wasn’t immediately known if the Tuesday morning mishap on Interstate 79 that killed one roadworker and injured two others was a result of a traffic accident or equipment failure. Whatever occurred sent the three spilling from a span crossing White Day Creek Road near the ...