Kate Evans

The Morgan County Commissioners fielded questions about the noise level established in the county's noise ordinance at their Friday, June 6 meeting.

A Morgan County War Memorial Hospital patient that was reported as having test results suspicious of tuberculosis two weeks ago definitely has tuberculosis.

A.C. and Shirley Bohrer have a picturesque 131-acre farm with fields, woods, an old farmhouse, a barn and other farm buildings.

Work continues on the new Paw Paw Fire Hall, which is being constructed beside the current fire hall. Workers were putting on the roof on Monday, said Fire Chief Steve Moreland of the Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Company.

The Morgan County Commission will be ruling at a meeting in the near future on whether the Coolfont Community En-hancement District petition should proceed.

With rising food and gas prices, job layoffs and plant closings, more people are seeking emergency assistance with food and utility bills.

Bill Locke, treasurer of Morgan County InterFaith Emergency Care (MCIEC) and the MCEAT food pantry, said that some $28,000 of $42,000 donated from the community last year had gone to help 117 families who needed emergency assistance with their utility bills.

A person who was a patient at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in April has had test results that are suspicious of tuberculosis.

Before Andrew and Kelly Cooney were married, they had talked about the possibility of adopting children. The couple adopted two little girls from China over the last several years, which was followed by the birth of a son.

The Morgan County Commission was awarded a $600,000 grant from the West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority last week to help rebuild the county courthouse. The courthouse was destroyed in a fire on August 8, 2006.

Commissioner Glen Stotler said that the commission will receive $200,000 of the grant money up front for construction costs. They will then get $80,000 a year for five years starting in fiscal year 2009 to help pay off the debt service for their state loan for the courthouse, Stotler said.

Explosions heard by firefighters at a Tuesday, April 29 Pleasant View fatal house fire were most likely from oxygen tanks, said Assistant State Fire Marshal Patrick Barker.

The oxygen tanks were stored in the bedroom and used for breathing oxygen by the home's resident, Carol Pospisil, age 66, of 161 Palm Lane, who died in the blaze, Barker said. The cause of the fire is still undetermined, he said. No other victims were found at the scene, Barker said.