Madeline Edwards
Multimedia Journalist
Bridgeport, WV
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Madeline Edwards, from Springville, PA joined the 5 News team as a Multimedia Journalist in June 2020. She earned her B.A. in Journalism from St. Bonaventure University in May 2020.
During her time at SBU, Madeline was an involved member of SBU-TV. Not only did she report and anchor, she spent time her senior year as Co-Executive Producer and Co-News Director. Madeline was also a member of the SBU Dance Team all three years of school.
When she’s not in the newsroom she enjoys listening to podcasts, watching musicals and spending time with her family’s two Goldendoodles.
Updated: 20 hours ago
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“Ultimately, it is about building trust between constituents and the government. Giving taxpayers the ability to hold bureaucrats and elected officials accountable for the decisions they’ve made with the taxpayers’ money,” McCuskey said.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:04 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
In light of the upcoming November election, Monongalia County Emergency Services created a webpage to share information regarding a levy that would be on the county’s ballot.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:14 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“I wasn’t sure if it was in violation or wasn’t in violation, and so whenever there is a question about that. We seek legal counsel,” Campbell said.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 10:48 PM EDT
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“This is such a great little community here in Buckhannon. So, we have a lot of people that come from Buckhannon to Bridgeport to be part of our films. We thought, hey, let’s go check out Buckhannon. So, we came down here and it’s such a beautiful tiny little community,” he said.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 10:12 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“I am really happy to have a wonderful community, who is the pride and joy of my life here at Fairmont,” Konikattil said.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:22 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The residents at Stonerise Kingwood, a nursing facility for both short-term and long-term care, got a taste of the Buckwheat Festival a bit early.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 10:17 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Mon Health Harrison Neighborhood Hospital would have 10 inpatient beds and eight emergency beds. The hospital would be located at Charles Pointe.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 8:58 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“Although it was really hard to see that someone could come in and demolish and break and steal things that didn’t belong to them. Really, the Lord forgives me so much. So, it was the least that we could do,” Vaughn said.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The Purple Star Award was created to recognize schools that give extra assistance for students that have family in the military.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 3:45 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The Clarksburg Lions Club held its Spaghetti Dinner at the Uptown Event Center.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 2:25 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It is one thing that is falling behind this year. We see that we cannot keep it up and so what we are hoping for is to have another group step in. Look at it and take it over,” Smith said.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 3:47 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“Just to see the joy of people coming into the garden and visiting and having fun with little children running around. It is just a blessing,” Ash said.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 3:29 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The craft store Michaels held its grand opening and ribbon cutting for the new location at the Middletown Commons in White Hall.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 10:59 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
After months of controversy Big Daddy Guns would not be opening a location at The Deck in Morgantown. However, this won’t be the end of the company’s West Virginia journey.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 8:02 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
After almost 50 years of service, Joseph “Jobey” Spatafore retired from the Clarksburg Sanitary Board at age 94.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil to come together in memory of Henry Silver.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 9:40 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“99% of everything in our basement is destroyed. Furnaces are gone. The hot water tank is gone. All everything is gone. Sunday School supplies everything is destroyed,” Abersold explained.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:51 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“How do we make sure that we invest the money in such a way that’s going to make sure that improves and benefits nearly everyone, including the local business centers, and how we can invest for them as well,” Strait questioned.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 10:55 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“We’re just trying to identify problems that may exist and try to find some solutions to those problems. That are not only economically feasible but can be done rather quickly,” Riffle said.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 9:52 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Robert C. Byrd students were decked out in their leis and flowered shirts to cheer on the Eagles.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 9:51 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Family, friends, and members of the community gathered together for Lenora Thomason’s 102 birthday.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 10:37 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The company was partnering with United Mine Workers of America to recruit displaced mine workers. As he felt they had the skill set needed for this job.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 11:02 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Chief of Morgantown Police, Eric Powell, was asked to give a presentation to Morgantown City Council regarding the state of the department.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 8:03 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Family and friends lined the sidewalk outside of the Harrison County Courthouse to get “Justice for Jason.”
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 9:04 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
West Virginia University brought a decade-long dream to life as they opened Reynolds Hall.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:40 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Lewis County Bluegrass Festival kicked off August 19 with all the proceeds from the event going to Audrey Westfall, a fourth-grade student at St. Patrick’s Elementary School in Weston undergoing treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:02 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Protect Morgantown continued to work to stop Big Daddy Guns from coming to the city. They invited the owners of the building, Hardy World LLC to attend.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:54 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Marion County Chamber of Commerce held its 68th Annual Dinner at Fairmont State University to recognize businesses in the community for their work over the past year.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:02 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
For the first time in two-years, West Virginia University was able to host its annual Fall Fest.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Midland Elementary students got a taste of what the new school year would be with a night full of activities.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:39 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The City of Buckhannon planned to make an expansion to the Stockert Youth and Community Center.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 9:15 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The Bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston diocese, Mark Brennan, came to Hazel’s House of Hope in Morgantown to celebrate the opening of the new Catholic Charities West Virginia office.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 11:05 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Morgantown residents gathered on High Street for the Monongalia County Fair’s annual parade.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“What does it feel like to be here? It’s something we were going for from day one. It was to make it feel like we’re actually in West Virginia,” Swann added.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“Kindness is the way to go. We need to make sure that we’re supporting not only West Virginians, but our neighbors and those who need help. If we have the ability to help. We want to be there,” Wood-Turner said.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:17 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Big Daddy Guns called on Protect Morgantown for a challenge to raise money for students in need. Protect Morgantown responded to the challenge on Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:35 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“I’ve found that we can’t do most of what we need to do without the community’s support. Whether that is investigating crime, reporting a crime, and generally just doing the good things that we like to do,” he said.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“A visitor entry solution, where we could help automate some of the visitor entry to schools and ensure that the people that are coming to schools should be there,” Swann explained.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:27 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
On Wednesday night, Bridget Spangler received a text around 10 p.m that said someone had finally caught her seizure alert support dog, Heidi, after being lost for nine weeks.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“We realize there are people in a lot of outlying areas that have a need for such facilities. This facility is dedicated to the children of North Central West Virginia,” Lang said.
Morgantown National Organization for Women encourage residents to attend abortion ban public hearing
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 9:53 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It’s really important for people to inform themselves how their legislators are voting. If they’re not voting in support of what their constituents actually want that’s an issue. They need to know that,” Brand said.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“There were a lot of things that we were asking for a lot of time. We never get the actual answers to, and we’re kind of tired of waiting for these answers to come, and they never do,” Steele explained.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:16 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
A free summer concert series kicked off at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park on Memorial Day weekend and would continue throughout the summer.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:41 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“I think Mark Rogers definitely has the background, the experience, the integrity. I think his fellow police officers really appreciate Mark and more than willing to work with him,” Lang explained.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:14 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Members of the Morgantown community came together at 1,2 3 Pleasant Street to enjoy local artists and raise money for those struggling in Ukraine.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
He explained the primary use of these machines was to detect firearms.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:28 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“I heard about the channel when I was nine. I heard it was possible to swim from England to France. It absolutely captured my imagination. So, always in the back of my head, I was thinking someday,” Goodwin explained.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:09 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It’s very emotional for me. To know all these people come together for the cause we have. You know, keep my son’s memory alive,” Harper explained.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 11:06 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“The thing Big Daddy Guns keeps saying is they have the right to open their business. We have the right to protest. So, that’s what we’re doing tonight,” she said.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 10:09 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Monongalia County high school students, would have a big change for the 2022-23 school year.
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