MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee delivered his State of the University address Monday at the College of Law, recalling a productive past and providing an optimistic look to the future. The last decade of Gee’s leadership has delivered innovation, expansion in medical research and options for the public, record-setting public support,…
SHINNSTON, W.Va. — Students at the Lincoln Middle/High School in Shinnston will be off Tuesday following the sudden death of a student Friday. Samuel Flint, 17, died Friday. Flint was a senior at Lincoln High School in Shinnston and was active in many sports. According to his obituary, Flint was active in football, basketball, wrestline,…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – West Virginia State Police stopped an Uber driver over the weekend in the Bridgeport area and confiscated a substantial quantity of methamphetamine. On Sunday, troopers stopped the Uber on I-79 in the Bridgeport area and found Gregory Lindsay, of Charleston, with a backpack containing an estimated $63,000 worth of methamphetamine. Lindsey has…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A former business executive who has returned to the community that she grew up in is now on the campaign trail for a Monongalia County Commission seat. Mary Ann Folz continues to reach out to voters in the weeks ahead of the start of early voting for the 2024 general election, where…
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — Antero Resources has donated a new pickup truck to Scouting America, Mountaineer Area Council, for use at the more than 1,000-acre Camp Mountaineer in Monongalia County. Regional Senior Vice President Kevin Ellis said the truck used for several years at the camp developed a mechanical problem at the time a fleet…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Police Department is adding two motorcycles with plans to patrol some areas that in the past have been difficult to access. “We’re always looking for ways to get our officers into the places where they need to be for the protection of the University community,” Chief Sherry St.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — John Williams, D, Monongalia, 80, is running for his fifth term in the House of Delegates to continue work to fight for fairness in PEIA, supports for child care costs, and parity in road funding. “I ran for office because I wanted to make the place I grew up an even…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Clarksburg man has been ordered to federal prison for 10 years for selling methamphetamine in Harrison County. Court documents said Todd Eugene Haynes, 49, sold more than 100 grams of methamphetamine in Harrison County. Haynes has a criminal history including robbery, battery, domestic assault, stalking, and drug possession. Haynes will serve…
