Cruising into Blacksville on a football Friday night at Clay-Battelle High School. Actually, the building houses grades 6 through 12, making it more of a middle school-high school under one […]
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Holiday Toy and Food Distribution scheduled for next Thursday
For more than 40 years, the Holiday Toy and Food Distribution has put food on the table and toys under the tree for area families in need, creating both huge […]
4th annual lifetime license giveaway underway
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resource’s lifetime license giveaway is back for a fourth year. Hunters and anglers who purchase an annual 2023 hunting, trapping or fishing license this […]
Campaign aims to help low-income W.Va. children access health insurance
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK A new outreach campaign in West Virginia aims to help low-income families obtain and maintain health insurance coverage for their children. The campaign, Connecting Kids to Coverage […]
Report details missteps that led to beating death of Whitey Bulger
Federal inspectors have concluded that mobster Whitey Bulger’s transfer to a West Virginia prison was too widely known and lacked enough precautions. Bulger was found beaten to death in his […]
Morgantown’s Powell, University’s Hammack named first-team all-state
HUNTINGTON — A pair of players from cross-town rivals both earned high honors Friday as University’s Jaeden Hammack and Morgantown’s Bobby Powell were both named first-team all-state in Class AAA. […]
Marital exemption loopholes that endanger children
When Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators Monday and asked them to repeal language in West Virginia’s criminal code that allowed a marital exemption to sexual abuse charges, […]
Senate math: 50 plus 1 equals a lot
by Steven Roberts What does 50 plus one equal? A lot more than 51. The clear victory by Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s runoff election — which gives Democrats 51 […]
Report on Whitey Bulger’s murder leaves unanswered questions
On the morning of Oct. 30, 2018, the notorious Boston mobster and FBI informant Whitey Bulger was found beaten to death in his cell at the federal prison in Hazelton. […]
‘It was just West Virginia’s turn’: MECCA’s director talks about Wednesday’s ‘swatting’ hoax in the Mountain State
Jim Smith, the director of MECCA 911, was on the phone with Chris McIntire, his counterpart in neighboring Marion County, when the obvious realization hit both emergency response professionals at […]
