FAIRMONT – Strike 2. Proponents asking for funding to help with a baseball turf project at Mary Lou Retton Park whiffed again in front of the Marion County Board of Education this week. It was the second consecutive time in two meetings board members said no to the $750,000 ask, which ...
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved the placement of the Mon EMS excess levy on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Mon EMS is asking voters to renew the levy that was initially passed in November 2022 and implemented July 1, 2023. If passed, the levy would ...
WESTOVER – For the second time this summer, representatives of the Westover Business and Property Owners Association appeared before city council to request the creation of a working group aimed at spurring investment and reinvestment in the city. Specifically, representatives of the group ...
CHARLESTON - More than four years after state, county and city leaders agreed to create a private nonprofit foundation to distribute millions of dollars in opioid settlement dollars, West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a change in how future settlement dollars are ...
FAIRMONT - Fairmont police have arrested a Detroit man in the murder of Fairmont resident Billy Wooten III, who was shot Sunday on McKinney Street in Fairmont, according to City of Fairmont Police Chief Steve Shine. Reports of the incident came in around 8 a.m. Sunday. Officers responded to ...
As Monongalia County students head back to class this week, the officers charged with keeping them safe have spent the week sharpening their skills. Led by veteran sheriff’s deputies from August 10–14, the annual training program equipped officers with critical skills, including active ...
