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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 ...

Marion BOE tables baseball funding request a second time

FAIRMONT – Strike 2. Proponents asking for funding to help with a baseball turf project at Mary Lou Retton Park whiffed again in front of the Marion County Board of Education this week. It was the second consecutive time in two meetings board members said no to the $750,000 ask, which ...