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What to expect at graduation ceremonies

Even with resurgent clouds of COVID-19 looming next door, the only thing that will keep Monongalia County high school seniors from walking Thursday will be clouds of a different kind. Pending rain, graduation ceremonies for Morgantown High School, University High and Clay-Battelle are simultaneously slated for 6 p.m. that day at each school’s football field. Ceremonies, said Donna Talerico, Mon’s assistant superintendent of schools, designed with a full roll call of pandemic particulars.That means hand sanitizer as you’re going through the gate, she said. And social ...

Gee: Groups to address issues of discrimination on campus

During Friday’s West Virginia University Board of Governors meeting, President Gordon Gee discussed plans to create a more inclusive campus.This comes after a petition signed by hundreds demanding change for the university’s black community was released Wednesday. The petition made nine ...

Juneteenth cookout brings community together to celebrate U.S. history

Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., is a holiday long celebrated in America — but one that has gained new national attention, as the country reckons with George Floyd’s death.Friday afternoon, people in Morgantown gathered for a cookout outside of the ...

Postcast 24 – June 19, 2020

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Community celebrates Juneteenth with cookout

To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Mark Twain, American humorist, said that.And he wasn’t necessarily joking. Hawa Diawara feels the same — and she’s not laughing, either. That’s why the 18-year-old, from Morgantown by way of Columbus, Ohio, got together with friends to organize a cookout in honor of today’s Juneteenth observance. Their event runs two days, actually. It will be from 1:30-8:30 p.m. today and Saturday on the WVU Mountainlair green. Look for international foods, music from a D.J. and maybe even a surprise guest, she ...