Local options in place to help with border crisis

July 22, 2019

The crisis at the border has been a near daily topic of coverage ever since an April 2018 memo from then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that directed all people illegally crossing the border to be prosecuted. Part of the “zero-tolerance” policy required adults to be separated from children with whom they were travelling. The border crisis has garnered renewed national interest in recent weeks after allegations surfaced of overcrowding and squalid conditions at Border Patrol holding facilities. Visits from political leaders have further amplified the situation. On July 1, a ...

WVU’s Ladies Huddle set for July 21, will provide more of a ‘family vibe’

July 18, 2019

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- For the first time in the event’s seven-year history, Ladies Huddle will be split into two sessions due to popular demand. The first session will be from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, while the second is set for 2:15-6:15 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium. Ladies Huddle, ...

Star City Town Council agrees to work with ‘No Man’s Land’ community in attempt to annex it

July 17, 2019

STAR CITY, W.Va.  — A community targeted in the City of Morgantown’s annexation proposal is petitioning to be annexed — but into Star City. During a regular meeting of Star City’s Town Council Tuesday, members of the community known as “No Man’s Land” submitted a petition requesting it be annexed into Star City. Council members unanimously agreed to work with the residents to bring them into Star City, taking an apparent open arms approach. “I think since Morgantown’s pushing this annexation, I think that’s why ‘No Man’s Land,’ which we call it, has ...

West Virginia ranked second in college readiness, exceeds national average for graduation rate

July 17, 2019

Incoming West Virginia college freshmen rank second as the most college-ready in the country, according to a recent study by Brainly, a New York peer-to-peer learning community. Allison Baron, a Brainly spokesperson, said earlier this month Brainly conducted an internal, proprietary survey of 1,000 U.S. students ages 17 to 20 who graduated high school during the previous calendar school year and plan to attend college in the fall. Arkansas topped the list of most college-ready states. At third was Wisconsin, followed by South Carolina, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, Alabama, ...

Protests staged at Rep. McKinley’s Morgantown office target Trump policies, recent comments

July 17, 2019

This land is your land. Woody Guthrie got the last word Wednesday afternoon at David McKinley’s Morgantown office in Seneca Center. Around 20 members of Morgantown Working Families, an advocacy group that promotes progressive candidates and causes, gathered to protest President ...

Lay Catholic group will withhold donations to diocese; seeks financial transparency

July 11, 2019

MORGANTOWN -- Lay Catholic Voices for Change plans a boycott of donations going to and through the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston as a means to urge the diocese to establish financial transparency. LCVC has sent a second letter to Archbishop William Lori, who is acting as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese, expressing frustration with his lack of response to its June letter and explaining its boycott plan. The June 12 letter – with now more than 800 signatories – came as a response to revelations of the financial and sexual misconduct of former Bishop Michael Bransfield, ...