A 4.0 GPA is one thing, but, as a group of stellar students showed Sunday night at Cheat Lake, success doesn’t just come from grades. It comes from the grace […]
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Another spring is in the air
By John Samsell Spring in Morgantown may be remembered by actions of citizens more than 25 years ago. For at least two years of plantings took place in the 1990s […]
State’s mercy rule needs to be put down
As the University High softball team closed in on an eight-run lead in the third inning of a sectional matchup last week, I could feel my day at the ballpark […]
Attendance not the only sign of baseball’s present
We’ve visited problems within baseball a couple times so far this season, from pace of play to the length of the Major League season, so might as well round it […]
WVU drops crucial series to Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The WVU baseball team lost the final game Sunday of a three-game series at Kansas, 5-2. The Mountaineers (24-21, 7-11 Big 12) were held to two runs […]
There’s a difference between human trafficking and willing prostitution
FAIRMONT — For one professor at WVU, human sex trafficking is not always what it’s made out to be — and it’s often confused with a consensual sexual transaction. Alison […]
WVU prof: Criminalizing prostitution ‘not helping anybody’
MORGANTOWN — Alison Bass, journalism professor at WVU and author of “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law,” said after researching and speaking with sex workers across the United States, […]
Brookhaven 5th-graders plant trees for Arbor Day
MORGANTOWN — A tree grows in Brookhaven. Well, actually several trees are growing on the grounds of Brookhaven Elementary School these days. Fifth-graders at the red-brick school off Brookhaven Road […]
PEIA Task Force to host public meetings across state
CHARLESTON — The PEIA — Public Employees Insurance Agency — Task Force has mapped out a series of public hearings all over West Virginia. One will be in Morgantown June […]
Elected officials taking note of energy potential
Chris Ventura, Consumer Energy Alliance, Columbus, Ohio Local workers who struggled to find good-paying jobs and make ends meet for their families are seeing their luck change because of natural […]
