On March 5, 2024, William “Bill” F. Armstrong, loving husband and father of two children, passed peacefully in his home at the age of 90.Bill was born Feb. 19, 1934, […]
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Tucker’s Treasures a not-so-hidden discount gem
Shopping at a discount liquidation store is exciting on many levels. These types of businesses offer the tantalizingly deep discounts and thrill of the unknown that one often encounters in […]
Strawberry sales, forever: MHS Foundation again launches perennial fundraiser
Forget baseball and that old poem about a young man’s fancy that you read in eighth grade English. When it’s springtime around here — that can only mean one thing. […]
Women’s Giving Circle to host Annual Spring Bash on April 28
The Women’s Giving Circle of North Central West Virginia (WGC), a component fund of Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF), will host its annual Spring Bash […]
City of Wheeling to open new homeless encampment site today
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK Homeless individuals living along 18th Street, across from the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling, have until this afternoon to move to a new exempted site. The […]
Speakers urge city to do more for its unhoused population, suggest managed camps
MORGANTOWN — Vickie Ashcraft, a housing advocate for the Fairmont Morgantown Housing Authority, was on Morgantown City Council’s Tuesday agenda to receive a Fair Housing Month Proclamation. But by the […]
Touch screens distract drivers
As cars go electric and get more technologically advanced, their interiors are increasingly being built around prominent dashboard touch screens. Nearly every automaker has been moving controls for windshield wipers, […]
Primary no-shows a warning to Biden
They’ve almost finished counting votes from the California primary and the news is not good for President Joe Biden. Sure, he “won.” He was virtually unopposed and easily captured California’s […]
Checking the ‘Black Box’
Two men with decidedly different political outlooks have been my go-to sources on race in America. They are Dr. Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Dr. […]
Morgantown lacrosse suffers first defeat in two seasons
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown High boys’ lacrosse team was handed its first defeat since 2022 on Tuesday night at Pony Lewis Field. The visiting Marauders of St. Joseph Collegiate Institute […]
