The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients, including Hollywood celebrities, into elite U.S. colleges was sentenced to 3 1/2 […]
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Climate change lies is its own industry
by T. Nelson Thompson Over the holidays too many years ago, when I was little more than a toddler, I was caught in a baldfaced lie after having exhausted the […]
Simple steps, not New Year’s resolutions, lead to positive change
by Sheldon Jacobson Many people see the new year as a launchpad for change using New Year’s resolutions. People may resolve to exercise more, eat healthier, drink less alcohol or […]
Drug task force makes weekend arrests for meth, marijuana
One police search led to another for a New York man who is now facing drug charges in Morgantown after a police investigation into a separate crime revealed a large […]
Morgantown contemplating future of South High fire station
Morgantown — Morgantown Communications Director Drew Bailey said the city has initiated a master planning process to determine the future of Morgantown Fire Department Station 1. The city learned last […]
New SBA director Neptune says his job is about respecting schools and their communities
The newest executive director of the state School Building Authority didn’t have a lot of time to mull things over last week. In fact, Andy Neptune said he had to […]
Preston County man in custody after threatening to ‘shoot up’ Bruceton School
Seth Chance Johnson, 22, of Albright, is facing charges for making threats of terroristic acts after police say he made threats toward Bruceton School in Bruceton Mills on Jan. 4. […]
AREA ARRESTS
MON SHERIFF Hoskins, Ashley Dawn, 23, possession, Jan. 7, Deputy Hall. Looney, John W., 31, domestic battery, Jan. 6, Deputy Broker. MORGANTOWN POLICE Collins, Shawn Luke, 31, strangulation, burglary, Jan. […]
Abuse scandal is a reminder to end cover-up culture
Locked inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters are secret files detailing sexual abuse by members of the religious denomination. Some of those files are slowly coming to light thanks to […]
The DeSantis/drag queen philosophy
by Scott Maxwell Last weekend, my wife and I were on a cruise where we caught a New Year’s Day production of “Grease.” It’s a super-dated show. But the songs […]
