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Star City awards paving contract

STAR CITY – Anderson Excavating had the lowest bid to pave eight town roads and Star City Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to accept that $37,090 bid. The other bid – from Parrotta Paving – came in at $39,000. Both Anderson and Parrotta are Monongalia County businesses. Star ...

POLICE BEAT

Maltreatment of a disabled child charge Melissa Kent, 61, of Bruceton Mills, was charged April 26 with maltreatment of a disabled child at Bruceton Elementary School in Bruceton Mills, Preston County. On April 2, the Preston County Prosecutor's Office received a report regarding an autistic ...

WVU engineering student awarded Boren Scholarship

A West Virginia University engineering student with aspirations of developing spacecraft for NASA will study Russian in Kyrgyzstan after earning a prestigious Boren Scholarship, a nationally competitive award that prepares future leaders in national security. Izaak Whetsel is triple majoring ...

Morgantown man dies in wreck

The Monongalia County Sheriff's Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on Route 7 near Dry Run Road in Monongalia County on Wednesday. Upon arrival, deputies found that William Kent Hamilton, of Morgantown, had struck a tree. Hamilton was pronounced deceased at the scene. The ...

Commission places Mon EMS levy renewal on November ballot

MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved the placement of the Mon EMS excess levy on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Mon EMS is asking voters to renew the levy that was initially passed in November 2022 and implemented July 1, 2023. If passed, the levy would ...