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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Mon Health System and West Virginia Junior College announced their partnership to put nursing education on wheels.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 9:56 AM EDT
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In her honor, 123 held a concert, Return to Neverland, which featured some of McLaughlin’s favorite local artists.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 9:34 PM EDT
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In Monongalia County, law enforcement officers with the Westover Police Department were invited to jump and play games with kids in the community at the Launchpad Trampoline Park.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 11:19 PM EDT
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It was standing room only at the Fairmont State University Board of Governors meeting, where they decided Dr. Mirta Martin’s presidency would end.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 10:21 PM EDT
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The town of Star City welcomed its first female police chief, Jessica Colebank.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 9:39 PM EDT
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“She went from being able to hold things from a weight of maybe 10 to 15 pounds to maybe having tasks that were difficult lifting a cup up,” Rittenhouse explained.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:14 PM EDT
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Fairmont State University invited the public back to campus with an event for families.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT
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The Board of Parks and Recreation in Morgantown hosted their first “Neighborhood Nights at the Hill” event.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 8:46 PM EDT
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She said she had been a journalist for many years and wanted to tackle a fiction novel.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 10:32 PM EDT
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The first of Harrison County Board of Education’s two special meetings went directly into executive session.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 9:46 PM EDT
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“The community itself is broken-hearted just as much as the fellow first responders are. You know small communities, as I’ve said numerous times. They tend to know each other. They tend to know first responders on a first name basis or personal level,” Bailey explained.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 10:40 PM EDT
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Marion County residents gathered at Palatine Park in Fairmont to celebrate the National Day of Prayer.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 9:28 PM EDT
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Garcia was known for his cheerfulness and dedication to his students inside and outside the classroom.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 8:35 PM EDT
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“Having citizen engagement and having residents come out. It is the secret sauce they create. That makes it something that works,” Whitmore explained.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 10:22 PM EDT
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“They’re working the line literally everyday between traffic and work zone. Make it personal. Make it feel as if that was your loved one out there. You want them to come home to you,” Hudnall said.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 9:20 PM EDT
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Family and friends gathered at The Social Tap in Bridgeport to celebrate Otha Compton’s 100th birthday.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 9:08 PM EDT
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Members of the community gathered in Fairmont at The Rambling Root to help raise money for Marion County Humane Society’s new shelter.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 10:00 PM EDT
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Morgantown’s City Ambassadors were supposed to start their job in the community on April 27.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 9:29 PM EDT
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For years, the Department of Health and Human Resources provided funding to schools in West Virginia to expand mental health services for students.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“Just try to make a better effort to revisit them. That doesn’t mean they are going to go up. We revisit them, and if needed, tweaked,” Lang said.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 11:04 PM EDT
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Members of the community gathered at Classic Kickz in Morgantown for a homecoming concert event.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 PM EDT
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A local celebrity bartender event will help raise money for a local organization that helps out animals in need.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 9:18 PM EDT
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Several businesses in Morgantown put together a bar crawl event in honor of April 20.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 7:47 PM EDT
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United Hospital Center started to make plans to expand its pediatric services in Bridgeport.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 9:32 PM EDT
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Senator Joe Manchin invited West Virginia veterans to a virtual listening session to discuss legislation that could make changes to all veterans’ medical facilities.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 8:53 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
17-year-old James Besten had a unique connection to the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, as that was where his parents fell in love.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Students at East Fairmont High School went out of their way to help celebrate a little boy in the community’s birthday.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Residents were able to return home after being evacuated due to a chemical spill on April 6.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 10:56 PM EDT
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In an ethics committee meeting in early March, the group discussed a potential change to the city’s current policy on executive sessions.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 11:15 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Marion County Schools held hearings for seven staff members who were recommended to be moved from their current position.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
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“85% of the fire service are either volunteer or at a staffing level that is minimal. So, what this does is provide them the basics at a higher tempo and show them some different techniques,” Blasetti explained.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
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“They’re topics that aren’t normally brought up at different Civil War roundtables or organizations,” Wolfe added.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
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On April 2, train season kicked off at the Elkins Depot.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 10:17 PM EDT
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Morgantown planned to have more eyes on the streets of downtown and the Wharf District with the new city ambassador program that would begin in April.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 11:16 PM EDT
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A new medical marijuana dispensary opened in Morgantown.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 10:37 PM EDT
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Joe Shuttleworth gave the Parks and Recreation Department’s annual report to discuss their progress over the past year.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2022 at 5:22 PM EDT
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“I don’t know how to do a lot of things, but I do have a band. We play around here. Thought maybe that would be a good way to raise money,” Musgrove explained.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2022 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Sports officials in North Central West Virginia were looking for more people to officiate student sporting events.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It allows us to provide additional staff supplies, home improvements, and maintenance to our schools. That we would not be able to do otherwise. If we lost that levy,” Reider said.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 10:42 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
West Virginia was in the spotlight for the United States Supreme Court case against the Environmental Protection Agency.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 4:54 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Maple Syrup Fest made a return to Pickens.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2022 at 7:33 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
People in our area spent their evening tasting beer and eating cupcakes at the fifth annual West Virginia Cupcake & Craft Beer Fest.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 10:18 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
A meeting was held at the Marilla Center to discuss the creation of a new pool at the park.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Morgantown Can’t Wait held a meeting to discuss affordable, accessible, and safe housing in the city.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 11:16 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
In July 2021, Bridgeport’s City Manager Randy Wetmore announced his retirement to be closer to his family.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The Episcopal Church diocese of West Virginia welcomed Rev. Matthew Davis Cowden as the church’s new bishop.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Gorilla Strength and Fitness found a new home in Bridgeport.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The annual Morgantown Home Show was held at Mylan Park’s Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 10:19 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Bridgeport Parks and Recreation invited the public to a meeting where they could give input on the new inclusive playground coming to the city.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 10:41 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
After losing 496 students over the past two years, Marion County Schools worked to make some changes to their annual reductions and transfers in staff.