MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County School System appears to have received positive feedback from students on the new cellphone-focused policy implemented for the 2024-25 school year. Monongalia County Schools Director of Student Support Mike Ryan reported that students and staff have both openly expressed the benefits of having a “smartphone-free” policy as part of…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mon Rivers Trails Conservancy wants to invite Morgantown area residents to hang out downtown on Friday and help support the growth of area recreation. The Co-Op on Pleasant Street will host “Friday for a Cause’ on Friday, March 21, starting at 6 p.m., where specialized drinks will be served by “celebrity…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Officials with the Valley Volunteer Fire Department have offered more information on a car fire on Wednesday that took place on Interstate 79 and spread onto a nearby hillside. The department provided more information as part of a Facebook post on Thursday where it was reported that a hybrid vehicle caught fire…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The City of Fairmont announced that five Fairmont police officers will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Officers Eric Hudson, Adrian Hayhurst, Jack Frost, Tyler Hall and Jared Martin were promoted as part of a ceremony on Thursday based on the recommendation of Fairmont Police Chief Steve Shine and other senior…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Harrison County man has been charged with cruelty to animals after animal control officers found a malnourished dog in his care while taking multiple dogs from a Harrison County residence. Jeremiah Todd, 25, of Harrison County was arrested after deputies with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 54 that would require age-appropriate instruction beginning at grade 6 on the Holocaust in public schools. The bill sponsored by Mike Oliverio, R, Monongalia, 13, will now go to the full Senate. Craig Hart, R, Mingo, 6, approved the first portion of the legislation presenting…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Executive Director of Communications April Kaull has announced plans to leave West Virginia University to serve as the associate vice president for strategic communications at Carnegie Mellon University. , According to a Carnegie Mellon release Kaull will begin her duties there on April 7. Kaull came to WVU in 2015 as spokesperson…
WESTON, W.Va. — The driver in an I-79 that seriously injured two children has been charged with child neglect resulting in serious injuries. Troopers from the West Virginia State Police said on March 14 that Fazila Kahn, 41, of Levittown, Pa., was southbound on I-79 at the 88-mile marker when she lost control and crashed,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Parcels of property that are home to the Beechurst Power Plant could be removed from the Sunnyside Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. Morgantown City Council unanimously approved a resolution that would consider an application to amend the boundaries of the TIF as part of the original Sunnyside Up Project Plan that would…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Commission hopes to correct remitted tax errors that involve two local levying bodies. The commission unanimously approved the issuance of letters to the City of Westover and the Monongalia County Board of Education on the need to have approximately $300,000 refunded back to the county due to a TIF…