As its executive director Shawnda Cook likes to say, the Shack Neighborhood House will go to the ends of the earth, and back again, for the children […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Grant Town protesters have their day in court
Twelve of the 16 protesters arrested last weekend at the Grant Town Power Plant in northern Marion County settled their cases in court hearings Friday, according to […]
All dressed up with some place to go: Prom set for Mon’s three public high schools
In spring 2020, at the height (or depth) of the pandemic, Kerrigan Hawthorne and her friends at Preston High School found themselves in Prom Purgatory. Everything in […]
‘You know you can’: Libera to host urban rappelling event for a worthy cause
A bunch of people are set to go over the edge April 23 in downtown Morgantown — and they want to take you with them. It’s all […]
Mon Schools: Nothing (COVID) to report — and never mind the Avalanche
Monongalia County school board members got to do something during their meeting Tuesday night that hasn’t always been possible over the past three years: They got to […]
Strawberries make the foundation
There’s still time to order your strawberries from the Morgantown High School Foundation. In fact, it’s never been easier, foundation member Stephanie Lorenze said. These days, you’ll […]
‘This is my Christmas — right here’: Operation Santa Claus founder Sylvia Chico dies
The staff at William R. Sharp Jr. Hospital turned the Santa hat on Sylvia Chico that snowy December day back in 2016. She twinkled like the tree […]
‘I don’t want this to be our legacy’
GRANT TOWN — Michael Whitten’s dad didn’t get rich from coal. While the Boone County miner was able to make an adequate living for his family during […]
Foundation of life: After losing his daughter and wife to illness and suicide, Jon LaPlante rebuilds to help others
In many ways, this story is about a photograph. The two women in this particular picture are regarding the lens with smiles and dancing eyes. It’s warm, […]
Holding court — at Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center
That’s the way the ball bounces, at the Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center. Or rather, that’s the way the ball is going to bounce at the […]
