The state’s Buck Firearms season opens next Monday, November 22 across West Virginia, and remains open through Sunday, December 5. Archery season has been open since late September, but this will be the first opportunity for white tail hunters to take a buck with a rifle this year. At the same time, West Virginia’s antlerless […]

Deputies with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the cause of a tractor trailer accident on Monday, A tractor trailer rolled onto its side along River Road on Monday, November 15.Photo provided by Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. November 15 that shut down River Road for a portion of the afternoon. According to Sheriff K.C. […]

by LISA SCHAUER “Momma always said ‘my boys will come home’ and they did,” recalls Jackie Mellott, 86, of Hancock, whose five brothers served in World War II. Mellott grew up as Jackie Payne, the last of 14 children on a family farm on Culp Road near Mahnes Chapel in Morgan County. “I rode on […]

Dominated by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University Football Team lost to Oklahoma State last Saturday by a score of 24-3. It wasn’t that close as the WVU offense turned in its worst effort in 27 years. WVU (4-5, 2-4) finished with 133 total yards. Nearly half of the yards (64) came on the game’s […]

by Trish Rudder Andy J. McCauley, Jr., 43, was sentenced last week to life without the possibility of parole for murder in the first degree of local teenager Riley Crossman. McCauley sat stoically in an orange jumpsuit in Morgan County Circuit Court last Thursday, November 4,  while 23rd Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin read his sentence. On October […]

Whitetail deer are largely creatures of habit. Their movement patterns will change some from season to season and in accordance with available food sources, and bucks may be much more active and cover a lot more ground during the rut (mating season), but the herd generally spends most of its time within their home range. […]

Whitetail deer are largely creatures of habit. Their movement patterns will change some from season to season and in accordance with available food sources, and bucks may be much more active and cover a lot more ground during the rut (mating season), but the herd generally spends most of its time within their home range. […]

by Geoff Fox County Commissioner Wayne Keefer had some choice words for fellow Commissioner Randall Wagner after a comment Wagner made about the Hancock area during the discussion of a tax payment arrangement for the proposed McKee solar field project, which involves a Pilot Agreement for SGC Power, LLC. Washington County Commissioners approve a tax […]

by Kate Shunney County and local election officials have set a public meeting for November 17 to get a handle on how political redistricting at the state level will change Morgan County’s magisterial districts, voting precincts and polling places in the 2022 election cycle. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. in the County […]

by Kate Evans While COVID-19 has dampened student participation in band, the marching bands at Morgan County’s two high schools are still flourishing and performing. The Paw Paw Pirates Marching Band saw participation drop off with the pandemic but it’s slowly starting to come back, said Paw Paw Schools band director and music teacher Robert […]