Matching the spirit of the new year, three new Monongalia County circuit clerk officials were sworn in Wednesday, while tearful farewells were said to retirees. As his last official act […]
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W.Va. senator to sponsor eugenics bill
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. Unless, of course, they don’t think history’s “mistakes” are actually mistakes. At a meeting with Mineral County […]
Insurrection a tough charge to prove
by Doyle McManus The 845-page final report of the House Committee on Jan. 6, which finally arrived late Thursday night, is an epic. Like “Moby Dick” or “War and Peace,” […]
Bad political theater
In a theatrical performance the worst thing that can happen is to have a predictable outcome. That is precisely what occurred with the Jan. 6 Committee, which has referred former […]
Of blue jeans, drywall and ‘an instinct for the underdog’: Friends and colleagues remember Larry Starcher
It didn’t take long for the bona fides to start stacking up after that call, Phyllis Stewart said, Tuesday. She’s talking about the one that came in from the office […]
Morgantown man facing charges for threats against family court staff
A Morgantown man is facing criminal charges after allegedly making threats against a Monongalia County Family Court Judge and court staff. Last week on Dec. 19 and Dec. 22, Morgantown […]
Frigid temperatures reveal ‘crisis of homelessness’
MORGANTOWN — In the days leading up to a brutally cold Christmas weekend, Becky Rodd said staff and volunteers with the Monongalia County Warming Shelter anticipated they might see as […]
Gayle Childers
Gayle Ruth (Sherwood) Childers, 73, of Tunnelton, passed away peacefully, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, with her loving husband, Emery E. Childers, by her side. They were united in marriage on […]
Gary Cale
Gary H. Cale, 83, died at home near Valley Point on property that has been in the Cale family since 1843.The son of the late Harland and Dorothy Beeghly Cale, […]
Corey McElroy
Corey Douglas McElroy, 31, of Friendsville, Md., passed away from this life on Tuesday Dec. 20, 2022.He was born on July 13, 1991, at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood. Corey […]
