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Statewide food drive helps families during coronavirus pandemic

Organizers collected bags and boxes of nonperishable items Tuesday outside of Kroger in Sabraton — one of several Country Roads Food Drive drop-off sites. The statewide food collection and fundraiser was organized by several United Way locations to help West Virginia families during the ...

Local Briefs – May 5, 2020

Body of missing man found in Preston KINGWOOD — The body of a missing Preston County man was found Saturday in the Bull Run area, according to a release from the Preston County Sheriff’s Office. Dylan Englehart has been missing since April 22 and was last seen in that area. No foul play is suspected, according to police. Police and the family wish to thank the Northwest Pennsylvania K-9 Search and Rescue, Lawrence County K-9 Search and Rescue, Steel City K-9 Search and Rescue, Fayette County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, Grafton Volunteer ...

22-year-old on way to work dies in crash

The person killed in the fatal May 1 crash on Interstate 68 was a 22-year-old on his way to work. That’s according to Cinda Rodgers, mother of Steven Knotts Rodgers, who posted on Facebok that he was killed in that crash when he was struck head-on. West Virginia State Police said Friday that one person was ejected from their vehicle in a head-on collision and killed and another was taken to the hospital. Troopers did not release the names or genders of either crash victim. The state police said Monday more information about the crash is not being released because of the ...

Missing Preston man’s body recovered

KINGWOOD — The body of a missing Preston County man was found May 2 in the Bull Run area, according to a release from the Preston County Sheriff’s Office.Dylan Englehart has been missing since April 22 and was last seen in that area. No foul play is suspected, according to police.Police and the family wish to thank the Northwest Pennsylvania K-9 Search and Rescue, Lawrence County K-9 Search and Rescue, Steel City K-9 Search and Rescue, Fayette County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, Masontown Volunteer Fire Department, ...

MHS graduate, resident physician details experience

By Neha Gupta Submitted to The Dominion Post Denial  March 25-30 — Body  aches,  fatigue,  excessive  sleeping — all  of  those  symptoms  have to  be  from  being overworked, right? I was entering week four of four ...

Mon County estimates $600,000 in revenue loss due to COVID-19

The Monongalia County Commission estimates it will lose roughly $600,000 in revenue due to COVID-19 through June 30, the end of the current fiscal year. The county projects an additional $890,900 in losses for the first six months of the 2021 fiscal year — July 1-Dec. 31. “These are just the best estimates we can come up with. This isn’t a formal document,” Commissioner Sean Sikora said of the spreadsheet charting the projected losses. “This is information we put together for the West Virginia County Commissioners Association.” Unlike the city’s budget, which is ...