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Morgantown High School is with Merit (again)

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s National Merit semifinalists have been announced for 2027 and Morgantown High School is once again in elite academic company. As in recent years, the school on Wilson Avenue is leading the state in nominations for the honor. Of the 76 students named across ...

Gameday traffic no worse than usual in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN – Reports of traffic backups on Interstate 79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa., appear to stem more from construction on an overpass rather than West Virginia University gameday travelers or the new traffic lights at Exit 155 at Chaplin Road. Greene County (Pennsylvania) ...

Marion BOE tosses flag — again — on turf proposal

FAIRMONT – From 1938 through the late 1970s, the Friday night lights couldn’t have glowed brighter across Fairmont and Marion County. The county then boasted seven high schools, and all occasionally played their “home” games at East-West Stadium. East-West is the masonry marvel on ...

Fundraisers launched for families of boating accident victims

The community is rallying to support the Rockwell and Epps families in the wake of an Aug. 30 catastrophic boating accident on the Monongahela River near Rices Landing in Greene County, Pa., that claimed four lives and left one survivor, who remains hospitalized in critical condition. Two ...

Kingwood police to patrol alley after complaint

KINGWOOD - Members of Kingwood City Council heard a complaint from Rachel LeVan, owner of the old Schwab building in Kingwood. She said three or four individuals were trying to get into her building. “There are homeless folks staying in the alleyway behind the building,” LeVan said. ...

Class action suit filed by hospital employee recorded in restroom

MORGANTOWN – A class action lawsuit has been filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court on behalf of individuals who were unknowingly recorded by cameras hidden in non-public restrooms at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The suit was filed Sept. 1 against West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. ...