Kingwood Council approves hot spot downtown

October 23, 2019

KINGWOOD — Kingwood Council approved a business license for a hot spot downtown Tuesday because it meets zoning regulations, but some members didn’t like the idea. The final vote was 4-2, with Recorder Bill Robertson and council members Mike Lipscomb, Dick Shaffer and Michelle Whetsell voting for the business and Josh Fields and Karen Kurilko against it. The application was for Kimmy’s Hot Spot LLC at 101 S. Price St., the Herring Building, at the corner of Price and Main. Crystal Ellifritz is the owner. Council also will give documentation to the State Alcohol Beverage Control ...

Memorial dedicated for Bishoff, who died in an accident last February

October 23, 2019

KINGWOOD — Tears and memories were shared Tuesday as Preston High dedicated a memorial to the late Brayden Bishoff. Bishoff, 15, died Feb. 14 from injuries he received in an accident Feb. 6. He and three other students were in a car that hydroplaned on W.Va. 26 near the intersection ...

Suncrest Middle celebrates National 4-H Youth Science Day

October 23, 2019

Charlie Schmidt blinked and looked. Then, he looked again. “Whoa, did you see that?” the Suncrest Middle School student asked. “I got him to shoot the basketball.” The animation on the monitor of his Google Chromebook was a study of ingenuity and inclusivity. A ...

Morgantown North Rotary Club makes changes to riverbank

October 15, 2019

Volunteers gathered at Edith Barill Park on the Star City waterfront on Tuesday to revitalize the green space for the community. Mary Wimmer, from the Morgantown North Rotary Club, spearheaded the idea of working together, which she said has been going on for a couple of years. ...

Multiple departments respond to structure fire Monday morning; no reported injuries

October 14, 2019

A home on Daybrook Road caught fire on Monday morning. Chief Kevin Wilson, of Blacksville Volunteer Fire Department, said his department was called to the stick-built, single-story structure at 10:05 a.m. The scene was cleared about 11:30 a.m. The home’s resident was trying to light a fire ...

McCrum resigns from BOE to run for House of Delegates

October 14, 2019

KINGWOOD — Preston County Board of Education Member Robert “Mac” McCrum resigned his seat on the board Monday so that he can run for the State House of Delegates. McCrum said he will run in the Republican primary against incumbent Del. Terri Sypolt in the 52nd District. Justin Hough, who ran for the seat two years ago, has filed precandidacy papers to run again for the seat as a Republican. He started thinking about the past 13 1/4 years on the board as he celebrated his 76th birthday recently, McCrum said. “We’ve gone through a resignation of a member and a superintendent. ...