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 ...
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 ...
KINGWOOD – All of the seats were full when Preston County Commission President Hunter Thomas called the meeting to order. Two of the individuals waiting for the meeting to start were there to bring concerns about Preston County's new EMS ordinance. Matt Calvert said he has not heard back on ...
MORGANTOWN – A county resident’s refusal to provide a last name before offering public comment escalated to the point of physical removal during Wednesday’s Monongalia County Commission meeting, drawing shouts of rebuke from the assembled crowd and a promise of legal action against the ...
STAR CITY – Monongalia County public schools and West Virginia University opened their classrooms Tuesday and the extra traffic was noticed in and around Star City. “You can tell the students are back,” Police Chief Glen Staley told town council at Tuesday’s regular meeting. ...
CHARLESTON – A former teacher and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts related to grooming and sexual activity with a minor. Elliott Pritt, 36, of Oak Hill, is charged with sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and ...
