MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins announced today that sophomore forward Maciej Bender has asked for his release and plans to transfer. Bender, a native of Warsaw, Poland, played […]
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Woman rescued after vehicle goes over hill into Cheat Lake
MORGANTOWN — Crews responded to an accident off Cheat Road near the Ices Ferry Bridge at about 1 p.m. Monday April 9, where a car veered off the road and […]
Rowlesburg man charged with falsely reporting an emergency
KINGWOOD — A Rowlesburg man is in jail after police allege he called Preston 911 repeatedly and told them he had killed everyone in the home. Nathan Aaron Likens, 29, […]
Pedestrians and drivers should stay off cell phones
Robert DeAntonis, Morgantown I live not far from Morgantown High School and have noticed the same problem with distracted pedestrians and drivers. Its not a WVU thing, it’s more of […]
Don’t worry about reading their thoughts
By Jerry Kessel Looking for a good read to welcome spring? Turn to something novel that is not a book. Novelty T-shirts and bumper stickers. My favorite is first then […]
Developments on opioid epidemic reason to think we’re at turning point
The phrase “cautiously optimistic” is one we rarely use, if at all. OK, maybe if you’re talking about spring arriving sometime this month we would. But on so many of […]
MHS Band holds Vera Bradley Bingo fundraiser
MORGANTOWN — It’s all how you shoulder it, Keith Reed said Sunday afternoon, at Morgantown High School. Reed is the director of Morgantown High’s Red and Blue Marching Band. Over […]
Granville church hosts diversity service and reception
GRANVILLE — A tiny, red-brick church by the railroad tracks in Granville was pulsing with the spirit Sunday morning. The joyful noise went heavenward, with a drummer, keyboardist and bass […]
Auschwitz survivor tells his story at packed-house event
MORGANTOWN — David Wisnia’s survival at Birkenau and Auschwitz during the Holocaust wasn’t just a singular miracle, but the grand sum of hundreds of smaller miracles that helped lead the […]
Area basketball players see action in OVAC all-star games
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference boys’ and girls’ all-star basketball games were held April 8, at Ohio University Eastern. Trinity girls’ head coach Mike Baldy led […]
