MORGANTOWN — A vertical swath of western Monongalia County has been identified as the initial focus of the county’s broadband effort. Mike Fortney, who represents MECCA 911 on the county’s […]
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Guns aren’t the problem? The data disagree
On Sunday, July 3, a gunman walked into a mall and opened fire. Armed with one rifle and one pistol, the 22-year-old killed three people and wounded (to varying degrees) […]
Fuzzy language not helping fight COVID
by Faye Flam People no longer know what to do about the COVID pandemic. Part of the problem is the very language we use to talk about it. Words such […]
Lack of justice just a different kind of rape
So what does all this tell us about justice? “All this” meaning the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell got 20 years on Tuesday and the next day, R. Kelly got 30. […]
Mon Commission to provide ARPA funds for industrial park electrical upgrades
MORGANTOWN — As initially reported in April, the Monongalia County Commission is once again dipping into its American Rescue Plan Act dollars to aid development in the Morgantown Industrial Park. […]
Forever 16: Remembering Skylar Neese 10 years after her murder
On July 6, 2012, a Morgantown teenager named Skylar Neese snuck out of her bedroom window in the middle of the night to meet her two best friends, Sheila Eddy […]
Mon school district named best in state by NYC data firm
A New York City data analysis firm recently ranked Monongalia County’s school district as the best in West Virginia. Stacker lauded Mon Schools for graduations rates, student to teacher ratios […]
John Shoaf
John Richard Shoaf passed away on July 1, 2022, at WVU Medicine Hospice. Although John was suffering from Stage 4 Kidney Disease, he succumbed to complications from a stroke suffered […]
Sondra Carpenter
Sondra Shumiloff Carpenter, 69, of Morgantown went home to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her home. She was born Jan. 12, 1953, […]
Brian Compa
Brian W. Compa, 47, of Morgantown, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at his home. Born Sept. 14, 1974, in Uniontown, Pa., Brian was a son of Susan […]
