KINGWOOD — Preston County’s historic jail building, currently home to The Preston County Sheriff’s Office, has a number of maintenance issues. Among them, a leaking roof, mold in an upstairs […]
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COLUMN: The important act of serving
We celebrated Veterans Day earlier this month and lots of people were thanking veterans all over the country for their service. It got me thinking about the word service and […]
Jesse Jennings
Captain Jesse A. Jennings USA, Ret., 81, of Tunnelton, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Preston Memorial Hospital. He was born in Evansville, on March 23, 1940, a son […]
Philip Johnson
Philip Wayne “Nute” Johnson, 61, of Tunnelton, died on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., with family by his side. He was […]
Harvey Murray
Harvey E. Murray, 72, of Morgantown, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at the CCIU in J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. Harvey was […]
Robert Huff
Robert Lee “Sam” Huff Sr., 87, college and pro football Hall of Famer, died peacefully on Nov. 13, 2021. His daughter, Catherine Huff Myers, said he died of natural causes […]
Paul Messenger
Paul “Squirt” Messenger, 93, of Tunnelton, died on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood,Paul was born June 26, 1928, in Rowlesburg, a son of the late […]
Cheryl Warsewich
Cheryl Stinellis Warsewich, 74, of Morgantown, passed away to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Mon Health Medical Center with her family by her side. She […]
Monongalia County Teen Court up and running after hiatus
MORGANTOWN — After a year on hiatus, Monongalia County Teen Court is back up and running. West Virginia’s teen courts serve as a diversionary or “second chance” justice program for […]
Why do humans speak?
I once saw a post that described communicating as “emitting sound waves from one person’s mouth that go into another person’s ears and are then converted into brain waves.” It’s […]
