Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said the Monongalia County Unsheltered Task Force — formed to assist the area’s homeless through the COVID-19 crisis — has placed33 people in 18 rooms […]
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1918 Spanish Flu and its impact on Morgantown
History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain supposedly said, but it often rhymes. Jessica Eichlin gave a little laugh last week as she tried to conjure the exact wording of the […]
Thomas Kopnski
Thomas Lee Kopnski, 87, of Westover, died after a long illness on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. He was born in Preston County, in January 1933. He was a son […]
David White
David Evans White passed away on April 17, 2020, in Harrisonburg, Va. He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1932, to the late Donald and Lillian White. He […]
Patricia Sanders
Patricia M. Sanders, 77, of Mannington, died Thursday, April 16, 2020, at her residence. She was born Feb. 2, 1943, near Metz, a daughter of the late James Eli Efaw […]
Thomas James Casteel
Thomas “Jamie” Casteel, 52, passed away in Mobile, Ala., on Friday, April 10, 2020, after a 17 year illness resulting from an accident. He is survived by his mother, Carolyn […]
Area farmers concerned for hunting dogs left unleashed
Landowners seek solution from NRC Some Preston County farmers have been concerned for years about bear-hunting dogs running unleashed across their lands. A legislative effort to address the issue last […]
Ilga Grinvalds
Ilga Victorija Grinvalds passed away on Good Friday, April 10, 2020, in Morgantown. Ilga was born on Feb. 6, 1940, in Daugavpils, Latvia, to the late Oskar and Marija Grinvalds. […]
COLUMN: The spring gobbler opener feels like a holiday
It feels like Monday is a special holiday. But unlike Thanksgiving or Christmas, this will be the first time I experience this special day: The spring gobbler opener. Normally this […]
Morgantown’s first-year baseball coach Pat Sherald navigating the suspended season with ’emotional intelligence’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It was Pat Sherald’s year to prove his mettle as a high school coach, but those on-field dreams have been dashed by COVID-19. Morgantown High’s new baseball […]
