Main Street set to honor outstanding supporters of 2018

December 9, 2018

Main Street Morgantown  will recognize its outstanding board member, local public official, business person and volunteer organization of the year at its 34th Annual Meeting. Every year, West Virginia’s governor and Main Street West Virginia join the certified Main Street communities to honor outstanding supporters of the organization. This year’s winners: Outstanding Board Member, Susan Riddle; Outstanding Public Official, Ron Dulaney; Outstanding Business Person of the Year, L.J. Giuliani; and Outstanding Volunteer Organization of the Year, WVU Center for Service and ...

Police urge caution during holiday shopping season, warn against ‘porch pirates’

December 9, 2018

The holiday season is meant to be a joyous time spent with family and friends exchanging gifts, but without care, those gifts could disappear. The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver 900 million packages and roughly 15 billion pieces of mail from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. That’s a lot of opportunities for what Westover Police Chief Rick Panico called “porch pirates” to ruin someone’s Christmas. A porch pirate will cruise neighborhoods, typically between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. looking for unattended packages, he said. The thieves will generally park down the street from ...

Yearly Children’s Chemistry Show showcases science demonstrations, hands on activities

December 8, 2018

MORGANTOWN — In the 19th century Michael Faraday, a British scientist, would demonstrate science around Christmas time. A WVU chemistry professor started similar demonstrations for area school students in Morgantown. The sounds of “oohs and ahhs” filled a lecture hall in Clark Hall ...

University High School Girls’ Softball team hosts Breakfast with Santa

December 8, 2018

MORGANTOWN — The University High School girls’ softball team got in the Christmas spirit Saturday morning when players hosted Breakfast with Santa in the school’s cafeteria. The team worked together to turn the cafeteria into a winter wonderland for children to enjoy an early Christmas ...

WVU planetarium to offer holiday shows

December 8, 2018

MORGANTOWN — Want to gaze into the wonders of space, but don’t feel like standing outside in winter’s cold? WVU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy is offering shows — including a holiday show — for star gazers. Haley Wahl, a PhD student, and Planetarium Assistant Coordinator, ...

Department of Energy report supports Appalachian ethane storage hub

December 7, 2018

MORGANTOWN -- The U.S. Department of Energy has outlined the potential benefits of an Appalachian ethane storage hub in a new report to Congress. The report – “Ethane Storage and Distribution Hub in the United States, commissioned by congress – says the shale oil and gas boom has ...