“You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Loves You,” that Rat Pack singalong by Dean Martin, played over the public address system at Mylan Pharmaceuticals Stadium more than once Saturday […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
‘But we were together as a class’: MHS Class of 2022 looks back on an unprecedented experience of school
Sure, the pandemic threw everyone a curveball, Reed Bailey said. No matter, though. He and his fellow members of the Class of 2022 at Morgantown High School […]
Mon Schools expected to lose $1.9 million in funding as students enroll in charters
Don’t let those dollar signs with all those zeros attached fool you, Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Campbell is superintendent of Monongalia County Schools, and his district just […]
‘Beautiful in every way’ — Morgantown remembers Mary Hastings
If you’re of a certain vintage and you grew up in Morgantown, there’s more than a good chance you knew Mary Hastings. And not just because of […]
Police patrols stepped up at Mon’s schools in wake of Texas shootings
It’s doing what the district does anyway, Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday — just more of it. He was referring to this week’s stepped-up […]
‘It was about what she taught us’
Adrianna Chico Evans wasn’t physically present in the gym at St. Francis Central Catholic School on Wednesday evening, but her spirit still painted a compelling picture. On […]
‘You’re not too busy — trust me’
Most of the time it sounded like Greg Dausch was reading resumes — instead of graduation names. That’s because he was, in effect. Dausch is director of […]
MHS math students map it out in national competition
By this time of the year, your average high school student usually has all the angles figured out. In math teacher Brian Jackson’s classroom at Morgantown High […]
‘Sometimes, we forget who the true heroes are’
The family of St. Francis Central Catholic School has a binder full of love for Adrianna Chico Evans, a beloved teacher who was lost to the pandemic […]
Standing up and making the play: Clay-Battelle to be a GameChanger pilot school in the fall
BLACKSVILLE — Are you going to stand in the field and pray the ball isn’t hit to you? Or, are you going pray for the opposite — […]