MCHD now able to perform aviation medical exams

October 13, 2018

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Department is now able to perform aviation medical exams with the addition of Dr. Carl Werntz, DO, MPH. It is part of the health department’s Occupational Health Clinic. The clinics are held by appointment from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays. Werntz is also taking appointments on Tuesdays for now. “I’m very happy that we are offering the FAA medical exams in Monongalia County again,” Werntz said. “I’m looking forward to expanding the Occupational Health Clinic to provide other necessary occupational exams to the area.” The ...

Preston Sheriff’s department acknowledges man’s cremains were placed in trash

October 13, 2018

KINGWOOD — In their answer to a lawsuit, the Preston Sheriff’s Department and County Commission have acknowledged that a portion of a man’s cremains were placed in the trash. Byron Hawthorne filed suit in Preston Circuit Court in August. Hawthorne said he honored his and his father’s shared love for his car by placing a part of his father’s cremated remains in a small urn on his key chain. On June 25, Hawthorne misplaced the key chain at his workplace, Vapor Oil Field Services, in Preston County. He said another employee turned the key chain over to the sheriff’s ...

WVDEP issues nine violations at Morgantown vehicle garage

October 13, 2018

MORGANTOWN — Fuel and brine storage tanks at Morgantown’s Mississippi Street vehicle garage are the focus of nine violation notices from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The notices of violation (NOV) are split into two batches. Two pertaining to underground fuel tanks were issued Sept. 19 and seven tied to brine storage are dated Sept. 24. The issues surrounding the 40-year-old underground fuel tanks represent the bigger and ultimately more expensive issue for the city. According to information included in the DEP notices, three 10,000 gallon tanks ...

Volunteer fire departments host Fire Prevention Day

October 13, 2018

MASONTOWN — Masontown and Reedsville Fire Departments banded together Saturday at Luigi’s Bowling Alley for Fire Prevention Day. October is Fire Prevention Month, and Chuck Curtis from Masontown VFD said the fire departments have been putting on the event for a number of years. “We get ...

Pilot program takes aim at food insecurity

October 13, 2018

MORGANTOWN — A dozen or so volunteers stood in the rain on a chilly Thursday morning, waiting on a  delivery from the Mountaineer Food Bank, in Gassaway. It was the second such delivery for a new partnership between the Pantry Plus More program, Mon Health Wedgewood Family Clinics and the food bank aimed at addressing food insecurity in Monongalia County. Roark Sizemore, president of the Pantry Plus More initiative, said the collaborative pilot program is the first of its kind in West Virginia. He explained that patients of the Wedgewood clinic struggling with nutrition are given ...

Parkersburg South hands Morgantown third-straight loss

October 12, 2018

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — As Morgantown senior Ty Konchesky left the visitors’ locker room at All-Erickson Sports Facility on Friday night, he tried to hold his head high. As he spoke, though, you could tell he sounded defeated. “People have just lost their heart for the game,” Konchesky ...