CLARKSBURG — Finally, senior Olivia Toland and North Marion saw the lights of Saturday night. In 2020, the Huskies won a dramatic overtime game as the No. 1 seed against […]
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Shady’s Chapman brothers captain Class AAA all-state teams
Prior to Braden Chapman’s arrival at Shady Spring, the boys’ basketball program was largely an afterthought on a statewide level. With his high school career now at an end, that’s […]
If CARES money used appropriately, audit should turn up no problems
On Monday, State Senate Finance Chair Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Office of Inspector General asking it to potentially look into whether Gov. Jim Justice […]
20 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq
by Byron York It’s been two decades since, on March 19, 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq. President George W. Bush ordered the invasion to neutralize what he said was […]
Before DeSantis, Miami was fun
Let’s be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An obsessive pursuit of […]
Hawks show their mettle in 4-3 win over Patriots
MORGANTOWN – Two games into the season and the University High School baseball team was facing an identity crisis. Were the Hawks the team that pounded out a 13-1 opening […]
MHS bats stay hot, Daken sharp in 10-0 win over John Marshall
MORGANTOWN — The weather may still be a little too cold and a little too dreary for it to truly feel like baseball season just yet, but the Morgantown High […]
Sam White hits game-winner in bottom of 10th to lead WVU to wild 6-5 win over Hofstra
GRANVILLE — Sam White’s redemption on Wednesday came in the form of a game-winning base hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. As the cliche goes, though, it was […]
Michael Hovatter
Michael “Big Mike” Dale Hovatter Sr., 71, of Masontown, passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown. He was born in Morgantown, on Feb. 9, […]
Rusty Smeltzer
Rusty Allen Smeltzer, 42, of Masontown, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at his residenceBorn Sept. 26, 1980, in Oakland, Md., Rusty was son of Russell Smeltzer, of Pennsylvania, and […]








