Karen Shrout, 79, of Kingwood, passed away on Monday March 14, 2022, at Garrett Memorial Hospital.She was born on Oct. 5, 1942, in Vendex, Md., a daughter of the late […]
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Michael Couch
Michael Thomas Couch, 34, of Marietta, Ga., passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Michael Thomas, better known as “Blu,” is survived by his wife, Konya; two daughters, Milah Tanese […]
Debra Freeland
Debra Ann Freeland, 70, of Fairmont, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 22, 1951, in Morgantown, […]
Preston County budget passed, awaiting state approval
The Preston County Commission approved its tentative budget for fiscal year 2023 at its regular meeting Tuesday. “This is a tentative approval, as you remember,” County Administrator Kathy Mace said. […]
Stanley Wolfe
Stanley R. Wolfe Sr., of Point Marion, Pa., died on his 93rd birthday, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in the Uniontown Hospital, following a brief illness. Born in 1929, at Clifton […]
Mon Commission asked to assist with ongoing mine runoff issue, gets election update
MORGANTOWN — Kevin Dailey is seeing red, literally. Dailey appeared before the Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday to ask the body for assistance in getting the attention of the West […]
Westover Council passes budget reading, gets update on Long Street request
WESTOVER — Westover considers itself “The city on the rise.” It’s not hard to see why, considering its budget in recent years. Westover’s actual budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year […]
One dead in Snake Hill Road fire Wednesday
Just before noon on Wednesday, Masontown and Brookhaven volunteer fire departments responded to a call for a structure fire with entrapment at a residence on Snake Hill Road, near the […]
Morgantown woman arrested for assault with a baseball bat
Officers from the Morgantown Police Department arrested a woman after she allegedly hit another woman with a baseball bat. Officer Bernosky with MPD wrote in a criminal complaint that he […]
Springing into the spring season
BY CHRISTELLE TEMPLE Is it just me or does anyone else feel like a brand new person when the sun comes out? It’s like you almost forget how beautiful it […]








