GLEN DALE — The Morgantown High girls’ tennis team swept John Marshall, 7-0, in Monday’s match. In singles, Emme McKnight won (8-0), Cat Wassick won (8-0), Mackenzie Sorton won (8-0) […]
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UHS recognized for high female enrollment in computer science
MORGANTOWN — Half the students in Janalee Thorn’s computer science classes at University High School are female. If you think that’s a number worth computing on a national and international […]
Rodney Bucklew excited to play one more game on home court
MORGANTOWN — When Rodney Bucklew walked off the Charleston Coliseum floor after helping University win the state championship on March 16, he figured that was the official ending of his […]
Travis Trickett thinks West Virginia can become an advantageous spot for tight ends
MORGANTOWN — When Trevon Wesco arrived at West Virginia from junior college three years ago, the Mountaineers didn’t even have a tight end coach. Now that he’s departing for the […]
Former University grad Rachel Rousseau named Conference USA co-softball player of the week at Marshall
HUNTINGTON — Marshall sophomore Rachel Rousseau was named Conference USA Softball Co-Player of the Week on Monday. Rousseau missed the previous 30 games of the season due to a broken […]
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department seizes guns and drugs
MORGANTOWN — Almost $6,000, 10 guns, psychedelic mushrooms, meth and more than a kilo of marijuana were seized after a domestic dispute call turned out to be much more. Deputies Jesse […]
Campaign raises awareness for elder dogs
MORGANTOWN — Elvis Presley died in 1977, so it must have been quite odd when people descended on Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1989, following rumors of his sighting. It turned out, […]
Letters to the editor April 8
City Council needs to call in Republic on its contract If redundancy is a model for improvement then let this letter to the editor be part of the solution. Something […]
Things often not what they seem: Recent rash of stories only fuels innate trend to jump to conclusions
We always want to assume the worst. It’s more fun. That is, as humans we suffer from an inherent weakness to jump to conclusions. Some will say the news media […]
Thanking the gentle hand that rules the world
BY JESSICA WUKASCH I have been a daughter, a sister, a friend, a college graduate, nurse turned nurse practitioner, wife and soon I will be a mom. By far, the […]








