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Preston High School’s HOSA to host annual food drive

KINGWOOD — Preston High School’s Health and Occupation Students of America (HOSA) will conduct its annual food drive Friday through Nov. 15. Since 2009 Preston High’s allied health sciences instructor Stephanie Martin and her students have coordinated a school-wide drive to collect food donations and raise awareness about hunger. “We do it to show a sense of community,” Martin said. “It shows that an effort by a few can make a big impact.” Tammy Laney, director of Food For Preston, said the PHS food drive helps stock the shelves of all 11 Food for Preston food ...

MPD to collect unused, expired prescription drugs at Kroger locations Oct. 26

Twice a year, law enforcement agencies across the country participate in National Drug Take Back Day. The next one is set for Oct. 26. “It is important to offer these opportunities for citizens to legally and properly dispose of any unwanted medication,” Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said. “Non-medical use of prescription drugs is the second most common form of drug abuse in America, behind only marijuana. Most teenagers that abuse prescription drugs get them from family, friends and the medicine cabinet.” According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 ...

Justice shocked by Preston County roads

KINGWOOD — “The cavalry’s coming, and we’ve already come, and we’re not going to go away till the last road’s fixed. That’s all there is to it,” Gov. Jim Justice promised Preston County Thursday. Justice arrived in Preston driving a GMC Denali and picked up Preston County commissioners Don Smith and Samantha Stone for a one-hour road tour. From Kingwood, their route included County Route 52 to Greens Run, CR 25/2 (Wolfe Road), Indian Rocks, Coal Train, W.Va. 7 and 92, O Road, Dogtown Road, Sandy Bottom, Borgman-Manown Road, Company House Road, W.Va. 26, CR 26/72, ...

Mon County launches Quick Response Team to treat overdoses and provide recovery support

Monongalia County ranks fifth for opioid overdose deaths in West Virginia, according to the county health department. “But the reality is that no one has the complete picture,” said Lee Smith, MCHD executive director and county health officer. County officials are hoping to reverse the opioid overdose trend locally and throughout West Virginia — which leads the nation in opioid overdoses — with its Quick Response Team, a consortium of county health department employees, first responders, law enforcement personnel and peer recovery coaches. The QRT team is funded with a ...