MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and FOX News host Dana Perino brought a message of inspiration to fourth- and fifth-grade girls at Suncrest Elementary Monday morning. The visit was […]
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**Editor’s note: This post has been updated to redact the name of a defendant with an expunged record as of Jan. 8, 2026. UNIVERSITY POLICE 18-year-old male, destruction of property, […]
Why is Bob Huggins optimistic on new season? WVU has depth and ‘the ball goes in’
MORGANTOWN — In days long gone by, when summer workouts weren’t permitted and practices were held strictly in-season, Bob Huggins would’ve needed a block of time dedicated to a simple […]
Teaching students to scrutinize fact from fiction online
A new Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind of underground conspiracy […]
Should aid-in-dying laws be expanded?
by Nicholas Goldberg To take advantage of California’s narrowly drawn assisted suicide law one must be terminally ill, with only six months to live, as certified by not one but […]
Donald Trump is not a piece of …
by David Mills PITTSBURGH — I’d crossed the street, looking for a chalk drawing. “It’s a creative piece of sidewalk art,” a man on the opposite sidewalk had called to […]
Buckwheat Festival’s King Buckwheat achieves longtime goal
By Kaitlyn Eichelberger After years of competing in the Preston County Buckwheat Festival’s livestock shows, James “Jimmy” Peaslee has achieved a longtime goal — earning the title of King Buckwheat. […]
Buckwheat Festival’s Queen Ceres fulfills dream
By Kaitlyn Eichelberger As a little girl, Taylor Holt dreamed of being Queen Ceres of the Preston County Buckwheat Festival, an agriculture fair and carnival held annually in Kingwood. After […]
Preston County Buckwheat Festival celebrating ’80 Years of Memories’
By Kaitlyn Eichelberger Preston County’s Buckwheat Festival is preparing to celebrate “80 Years of Memories.” Everyone is invited to join Preston County for four days of parades, carnival rides and […]
Who’s the real charmer here? Him, or my dogs?
Remember that Jack Nicholson-Helen Hunt-Greg Kinnear movie, where Jack plays an unhappy, obsessive-compulsive recluse whose whole existence is turned around by the love of a good woman and, more importantly, […]
