A West Virginia native whose works are often set in the state won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year. Jayne Anne Phillips’ “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in […]
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Morgantown Council goes back home, hears a familiar message
MORGANTOWN — A crowd of onlookers filled Morgantown City Hall’s foyer and spilled out onto Spruce Street Tuesday evening as the city commemorated the reopening of the historic municipal building […]
Someone has to clean up the mess at Bartlett
It’s disheartening to hear that Bartlett House faces a much more dire situation than we thought. It was bad enough when word was just that the emergency shelter out at […]
It’s National Nurses Week
Imagine, for a moment, walking into any hospital or urgent care or primary care clinic and there are no nurses around. In our imagination, it’s either pure chaos as waiting […]
Demeaning, diminishing, destroying
If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, they must first […]
Morgantown blanks Brooke with commanding 10-0 victory in sectional opener
MORGANTOWN — Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver famously insisted “the key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” For the Morgantown baseball team, two […]
Trinity falls to top-seeded South Harrison
LOST CREEK — Top-seeded South Harrison used a six-run first inning to back the pitching of Seth Gain for a 10-0 win in five innings over No. 4 seed Trinity […]
Prep Roundup: UHS lacrosse wins playoff opener
MORGANTOWN — The University boys Lacrosse team defeated Martinsburg, 15-6, in the WVSLA D1 quarterfinal game of the playoffs on Tuesday. The Hawks scored early in the first quarter and […]
University battles, but can’t keep pace with Bridgeport in offensive showcase
BRIDGEPORT — Baseball, maybe more so than any other sport, can produce very different games even when the same teams are involved. Three weeks ago, Bridgeport beat University 1-0 in […]
State treasurer visits St. Francis to talk about college sweepstakes promotion
Cormac Wentzel was musing on his career path Tuesday afternoon at St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School. “I want to be a scientist,” said the student, who also allowed […]
