When Brandie Miles was a high school student back in Waldorf, Md., she passed through a metal detector every day on her way to class. She didn’t think anything of it, she said. It was the neighborhood. After all, she said, her hometown of 75,000 isn’t necessarily the safest place in ...
It’s certainly been an interesting week in the world of education here in Morgantown. Last Friday, an unsigned threat to “shoot up” Morgantown High School that day (Dec. 3) was scrawled on a boys’ bathroom wall — and then a second threat was found in a different bathroom, saying ...
MORGANTOWN -- If you can’t do anything about the weather, Donna Talerico said, you can at least keep an eye on the winds of change. Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County Schools, was talking both about Wednesday’s snow day – the first of the season – coupled with ...
Since 9:21 a.m. this past Friday, Morgantown High School has been operating under a siege of angst. Thank a deadly shooting in Michigan – and two bits of bathroom graffiti that city police later discounted – for that. It started at that time when a message in pencil was discovered ...
Week reminds people to prepare for coming season Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, along with the West Virginia Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service, have designated Monday through Friday Winter Weather Awareness Week in West ...
by Jon Hammond During my 15 seasons as the head coach of the West Virginia University rifle team, I have seen the importance of hunting as a part of West Virginian culture. As our folks prepare to head out for another hunting season, we should all be aware of the potential signs of ...