While West Virginia families were fighting to stay free of a growing wave of pill addiction, elected officials in Washington, D.C. were making it easier for drug companies to ship enormous quantities of pain pills into the state. More...

From the Messenger files, this photo is unidentified but from the 50s or 60s. Anyone know who the young women at the brick barbecue might be? More...

from The West Virginia Encyclopedia West Virginia Humanities Council 1310 Kanawha Blvd., E. Charleston, WV 25301 October 18, 1941 - William “Billy” Cox was born in Wheeling. More...

Barbara Bailey, Cancer Awareness Representative for Morgan County and a member of Morningside CEOS, took the certificate to the Commissioners on October 4 to be designated October as Cancer Awareness More...

The Morgan Arts Council’s Ice House Theater Project will hold auditions for its winter radio drama Hanukkah Goblins on Tuesday, October 24 and Wednesday October 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ice House.  More...

West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition with the WV Farmers Market Association are hosting a free, informational sessions for farmers market vendors, managers and board members.  The first in the series will be held in Berkeley Springs on Tuesday, More...

Chief Matt Grimley reported the following calls for the month of September:  September 7 - Automatic alarm, Paw Paw Schools, Engine 21, Tanker 2 responded, cancelled en route.  September 10 - Auto accident, Central Avenue at post office, Re More...

Recent sentences from Magistrate Kermit Ambrose:  Brandon L. Osborne, 27, of Whitacre, Va. was fined $100 after pleading guilty to driving while his license was suspended or revoked. He must also pay $165.25 in court costs and fees.  More...

All local government meetings are open to the public.  Morgan County Government   More...

All West Virginia high school juniors will begin taking the SAT as the statewide summative assessment in spring 2018. More...

Being there is important  Here’s something to celebrate: for the second year in a row, Morgan County Schools had the best attendance rate in the state.  According to the West Virginia Department of Education, our attendance last year More...

In 2011 Morgan County held its first teen court case. To date, Teen Court has had 156 hearings. During the 2016-2017 school year, 13 teens were trained as attorneys. More...