FAIRMONT — If it hadn’t been for the movie, “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Johnnie Johnson likely would have ended his days unheralded in St. Louis, a part-time bus driver […]
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Hot property (again): Fairmont’s iconic ‘Lava House’ is back on the market
FAIRMONT — It was 1966 when the first of the fully laden dump trucks began rumbling down from Pittsburgh on those pre-interstate roads. And Carol McWilliams couldn’t wait. She knew […]
Tuskegee Airman Roberts worked just as hard waging peace
FAIRMONT — You never leave a wounded bird up there, on its own. That’s what they called them, the shot-up B-17s and B-24s, crippled by the German ack-ack fire and […]
Rose Cousins: Taking flight, while being well-grounded
FAIRMONT — In skies achingly clear over north-central West Virginia 30 years ago, the late Rose Cousins, by all airborne accounts, was a woman content. During those lofty, leisurely afternoons, […]
Country Roads makes moving easier
Country Roads Moving, based in Fairmont, is the “sweet spot” between a large, impersonal moving company and a hastily assembled team of friends who accept pizza as a form of […]
USDA head tours new WIC office in Fairmont
Funding, transportation issues for clients and ways Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC program staff members have conducted outreach in order to connect with eligible participants were some of the topics […]
Mary Lou Retton is home, recovering, daughters say
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is out of the hospital and recovering from a difficult bout with pneumonia, her daughters said on social media. “Mom is home and in […]
Pants taken in Fairmont robbery
BY MIKE NOLTING A male victim, who had been robbed of his boots and pants, ran down Washington Street in Fairmont as the alleged robber chased him with a knife. […]
2nd suspect charged in Fairmont attempted murder
BY MIKE NOLTING FAIRMONT — Recently released details from an April shooting in Fairmont reveal the incident involved the kidnapping of an unidentified Morgantown man. On April 27, Kenyatta Ephraim, […]
Colonial Kids Day
A popular program at Pricketts Fort, 88 State Park Road, Fairmont, Colonial Kids Day took place Wednesday. The annual event focuses on 18th century life through a child’s eyes. Families […]
