Two area high schools dealing with the shadow of violence 24 hours before were set to share something else in common — under the Friday night lights, […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
‘These are terroristic threats’: School officials respond to online threats of violence
Online threats delivered to Preston High School and Central Preston Middle School on Thursday prompted district officials to lock down the two buildings before eventually releasing students […]
Don Ireland, Pitt’s (in)famous ‘E-I-E-I-O’ announcer remembers the 1994 Backyard Brawl
Amid all the cheering in that rickety stadium in the Steel City during an improbably wild Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt on Oct. 15, 1994, you […]
National Merit semifinalists from across the region named
Fifteen area high school seniors are now in elite academic company. They were named semifinalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship program, the organization announced Wednesday. This […]
Mon BOE talks school safety in the wake of Georgia shootings, MHS threat
Two students, dead. Two teachers, dead. Nine others, wounded. Twenty-six teachers – on the front lines of the effort to quickly apprehend the student charged with wielding […]
Mon BOE talks school safety in the wake of Georgia shootings, MHS threat
Two students, dead. Two teachers, dead. Nine others, wounded. Twenty-six teachers – on the front lines of the effort to quickly apprehend the student charged with wielding […]
Taking flight: Girls in Aviation event is Sept. 28 in Bridgeport
If you have a daughter with lofty dreams, Sept. 28 just might be her day. That’s the date of the third-annual Girls in Aviation Day at the […]
MHS Foundation launches ‘Stage of Excellence’ effort to rehab the school’s auditorium
After going over the script for months, the MHS Foundation is now ready for its big scene. The nonprofit fundraising arm for Morgantown High School has formally […]
Marion teacher named to Mine Wars Museum panel
FAIRMONT – Before she became a public-school educator, Allyson Perry was a park ranger and Civil War interpreter at the Gettysburg battlefield. After that, Perry, who teaches […]
Meet the woman who gave the Great Danes to the University of Albany
Kathleen Fox knows a great coast when she sees one. That’s why the retired social researcher and full-time watercolorist spends her time in Maine these days. Just […]
