Barring Preston on the bye, local Class AAA teams had another rough week, each picking up losses. It wasn’t all bad, though, considering University (2-4) snapped back to put up […]
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Neal Brown announces JoVanni Stewart is no longer on the team ‘this fall’; receivers Sean Ryan, Sam James suffer injuries
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia coach Neal Brown announced during Tuesday’s news conference that safety JoVanni Stewart is “no longer a member of the team this fall” after deciding to […]
Former West Virginia safety Kenny Robinson to enter XFL draft
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia free safety Kenny Robinson, who entered the NCAA transfer portal in June, will forgo his two years of remaining college eligibility to enter the […]
Student in critical condition after fall
MORGANTOWN — A WVU student who fell at a fraternity house Thursday is still in critical condition. WVU Spokesperson April Kaull said there was no update to the unidentified student’s […]
Listening tour may get fair hearing this time around in state
He didn’t exactly have a way with words. He was much more the action type. But when he spoke, people just didn’t hear him, they listened. John Wayne once described […]
Democrats next stop is the Twilight Zone
A 1961 “Twilight Zone” episode starred Peter Falk as a Central American revolutionary whose paranoia leads to his destruction. The dictator he has deposed tells him about a mirror given […]
Remarkable wins for democracy
Ever since Brexiters and Donald Trump won in 2016, the world’s big-picture political story has been that democracy is under siege. This summer, Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil, Narenda Modi’s […]
$5M in federal funding to expand broadband access in Mon, Marion and Preston counties
Residents in some rural areas of Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties may see improved internet access soon, thanks to grant funding from the USDA. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and […]
Judge denies motion to overturn sex assault conviction
A motion to overturn the conviction of Timmy Crockett and either acquit him or grant him a second trial was denied on Monday. Crockett was convicted of second-degree sexual assault […]
Trinity boys’ soccer team blanks Preston 2-0
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Fall arrived suddenly and in the form of a steady chilly drizzle Monday night as the Preston High boys’ soccer team battled Trinity, where the Warriors emerged […]
