BY DAVID P. DAVIS It is often hard to decide what to focus on for our weekly series, but when the daylilies start to bloom, the decision becomes easy. Blooming […]
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Jordan Jackson commits to Mountaineer football team
Sometimes two is better than one. And that was certainly the case for West Virginia when it came to the Jackson household in Fairfield, Ohio with the current 2023 recruiting […]
Empty Bowls gives grants to food based non-profits
MORGANTOWN — The need for food programs, of which Monongalia County is blessed by having many, is only going up. On Thursday, 24 of the organizations that work to feed […]
The Supreme Court decimates separation of church and state
Remember when conservatives decried the pre-Trump Supreme Court as an “activist court” because it dared to — gasp! — uphold human rights? Those same conservatives are oddly quiet now that […]
Conservatives’ plan to strengthen families
by Ramesh Ponnuru Conservatives who want an economic policy that supports parents have long been a minority faction within the Republican Party. In 2017, when Republicans were in the process […]
Patricia Coffman Kercheval, Aug. 19, 1927-June 13, 2022
My mother died Monday morning, June 13 … and I was relieved. That sounds awful, and perhaps it is, but the death of a loved one, especially someone suffering from […]
Capito, Manchin join in support of Safer Communities Act gun safety bill; Capito expands on opposition to gas tax holiday
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press today, voicing her support for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – the response to the Uvalde […]
Earl Russell
Earl Wilbur Russell, 93, of Wadestown, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Wadestown Fire Department, in Wadestown. He was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Brave, Pa., a son of […]
Charles McMillen
Charles Edward McMillen, 80, of Masontown, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Masontown. He was born in Masontown, on Oct. 9, 1941, a son of the late Alva and […]
Harold Taylor
Harold Arthur Taylor, 79, of Morgantown died Sunday, June 19, 2022. He was born Sept. 29, 1942, in Kingwood. McCulla Funeral Home provided cremation services.







