MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For the second consecutive day of the three-week summer practices, University football focused solely on offense. It’s not that the Hawks don’t want to start working on […]
Other News
Former WVU forward enters tentative plea deal for breaking man’s nose in 2018
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A tentative plea agreement was reached in the case against a former West Virginia basketball player accused of breaking a man’s nose and denting a car in […]
Best Virginia earns No. 4 seed in TBT
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Best Virginia’s run for a $2 million payday in the winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament (TBT) will begin in Richmond on July 26. Otherwise known as a […]
Morgantown may go with committee backfield in 2019; Jace Whetsell brings shiftiness
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Ty Konchesky was the workhorse for the Morgantown football team the last two seasons, both out of necessity and willingness to do so. As a junior two […]
Others need to find spine in Legislature and call out Justice
We rarely find ourselves in agreement with the state Senate’s majority. Or more precisely, with its leadership. Since January 2015 our newspaper has found itself at odds with the Senate’s […]
A harsher but more meaningful life
“When you are told all your life you’re dumb, unworthy, you start believing it. God changed that for me.” Jerry, from Youngstown, Tenn., hesitated to be interviewed by Chris Arnade, […]
Why do selfies of women look like Rockettes?
It must have been the nth time in one day I’d seen a Facebook photo of a group of women I know standing in what I think of as that […]
7 Preston towns go to the polls today
KINGWOOD — Voters in seven Preston County towns go to the polls today to elect city officials. According to the West Virginia Secretary of State, polls must be open 6:30 […]
But speaking is to act, as well
Last week President Trump flew to Britain, our closest ally. But before Air Force One’s wheels touched the tarmac, Trump had called the mayor of London a “stone cold loser.” […]
People riled by crews painting lines on bad roads in Preston
KINGWOOD — Crews painting lines on roads that are in poor shape or scheduled for paving soon are drawing the ire of Prestonians. Last week, a contractor working for the […]
