Today is D.D. Meighen’s 78th birthday, but if you were thinking of, say, getting him a rocking chair – you may want to think again. That’s because the minister, activist […]
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Happy New Year’s! Goodbye to 2021. Hello to 2022?
By the time you read this, there will be less than 24 hours left in 2021. Hard to believe, isn’t it? So many of us are still trying to process […]
Confessions of an incurable optimist
by Doyle McManus Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines for COVID-19 were […]
Biden and Trump agree on importance of COVID-19 vaccinations
There have been some encouraging developments lately from our country’s leaders — current and past — as they present a more unified front on the importance of vaccines and boosters […]
Preston County Workshop offers wide range of jobs
Since 1977, Preston County Workshop has trained, employed and supported people who might have difficulty getting a job through traditional means. “The biggest stigmatism is whenever you have a business […]
County commission pays property tax on leased vehicles
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission voted to pay the full property tax on its leased vehicles at its Tuesday meeting. At its meeting the week before Christmas, the commission […]
Mon Sheriff’s department asks for public’s help identifying theft suspect
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a male suspect possibly involved in the theft of several items from a local restaurant. According to Detective […]
Richard Fuller
Richard Howard Fuller, 69, of Chaplin Hill Road, in Morgantown, left this world on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, unexpectedly after enduring kidney failure complications after heart surgery. Friends and family […]
Harry LaPointe
Harry LaPointe, 94, of Reedsville, formerly of Connecticut, passed away Dec. 27, 2021. He was born June 24, 1927, in Bellevue, Mich., the son of the late George and Mary […]
Patricia Fox
Patricia “Patty” Ann Fox, 90, of Morgantown, went to be with her angels on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born in Monongalia County on […]






