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. ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
