MORGANTOWN — University third baseman Aaron Forbes has been named the OVAC class 5A Player of The Year for the 2022 season after an incredible senior campaign for the Hawks. […]
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Not safe to leave kids, pets in cars, even for ‘a minute’
As we start to see temperatures climb consistently into the mid- to upper-80s (with today expected to be a scorching 93-ish degrees), this is a PSA to parents of human […]
True leaders practice art of persuasion
by Lynn Schmidt There is something that has been sorely missing in the United States in the last decade — soaring rhetoric. We are lacking leaders who, like Abraham Lincoln, […]
Dress codes about respect, not money
There was a time when spending big at a swank restaurant would be regarded as an occasion requiring dress-up. Then the slob culture took over so that even when an […]
Tevin Tucker, West Virginia offense rolls again in taking series win against K-State
GRANVILLE — With the Big 12 tournament beginning next week, West Virginia’s offense has suddenly gone potent. The Mountaineers — dead last in the Big 12 in team batting average […]
Morgantown girls cap off huge season as Class AAA track and field state champions; Irene Riggs is high-point winner
CHARLESTON — On Friday, the Morgantown High girls’ track team completed one of the most impressive seasons we’ve seen out of a girls’ team in a long time. It earned […]
WVSSAC Class A state track and field meet begins for Trinity and Clay-Battelle
CHARLESTON — Trinity Christian and Clay-Battelle each were represented by multiple runners in the Class A track and field state meet at Laidley Field in the state’s capital city on […]
University boys’ track and field team earns overall team state title in Class AAA; Josh Edwards claims high-point crown
CHARLESTON — The University High boys’ track and field team began the 2022 WVSSAC state meet at Laidley Field in Charleston with a bang, earning three individual state titles in […]
Morgantown sued by attorney representing former public works director
MORGANTOWN — Charleston Attorney Sean Cook is suing the city of Morgantown over a Freedom of Information Act request tied to his representation of Alexandra Stockdale, who served as the […]
Ira Varner
Ira E. “Buck” Varner, 80, of Jakes Run died Monday, May 16, 2022, at his residence. He was born March 18, 1942, at Pentress, a son of the late Charles […]









