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Emergency crews respond to 250+ calls during Backyard Brawl

Saturday’s Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt brought in the largest crowd seen at Milan Puskar Stadium since 2019 with the in-game attendance reaching over 61,000. With that size crowd, good weather and ample time for pre-game parking lot festivities, local emergency response agencies ...

Under Construction

Work has started on a new O’Reilly auto parts store coming to Morgantown, on the site of the Star City Shoney’s restaurant. It was announced in June that WVU was selling the land to Springfield, Mo.-based O’Reilly Auto Enterprises. A legal ad published in The Dominion Post noted ...

MAA announces renovations, fall classes, shows

The MAA Gallery will benefit from some renovations. Thanks, in part, from a Your Community Foundation (YCF) grant, there will be new wall surfacing and lighting. This will improve the use of the exhibit area and better enhance displaying the artwork. As a result of this renovation, there will ...

Gas company surveying area surrounding Wednesday's home explosion

The official cause of a home explosion at 727 Wells St. in Morgantown Wednesday morning is still under investigation by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal with cooperation from Hope Gas.  While the cause is being determined, Hope Gas crews have been conducting surveys of the area to ...

Witness video shows Beverly Ave shooting last weekend

The suspect in a shooting incident last weekend on the 400 block of Beverly Avenue in Morgantown turned himself at Morgantown Police Department Thursday afternoon.  Jarius Rodrick Brown, 21, of Morgantown, had run from the scene prior to police arrival following the incident Sunday ...

Gene’s Beer Garden is a pub in the truest sense

Between the swiftly ballooning shopping centers and developments in the area, a new restaurant or bar is always popping up in Morgantown. Most of these are chains. I don’t mean to denigrate them; I like BWW as much as the next person, and I live in fervent hope that some inspired ...