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: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
For 11 years, Bob Huggins had hosted a fish fry fundraiser to support the WVU Cancer Institute and Remember the Miners.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“That used to be a dry road with gravel on it. All the gravel has been washed away. I have to drive through that water to get into my property. I have a fence there with fence posts, and the water has loosened the posts,” Wolfe said.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 9:34 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“So, we have a better understanding of how many individuals are living outside. If you are living outside in January, then you need connected to help,” he explained.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:02 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“Like I am their vessel to see some parts of the world. That they would never get to, or that’s, I mean, the case with a lot of people. Not just in West Virginia,” Fumich said.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 8:32 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“Probably 15 breaks in the lines that were frozen and burst. So, we ended up with a lot of water damage. We’ve had to take out several sections of the ceiling,” Rex said.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 9:23 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The Kelly Miller Community Center was hosting an art exhibit called “Listening for Racial Understanding.”
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:25 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“I would play games and do the rides like a rollercoaster,” Tiar explained.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:57 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
In partnership with WVU Bad Buildings, the Doddridge County Chamber of Commerce and members of the community were working on a plan to improve the city.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 9:18 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“124 year history. I’m just very honored and understand that. That paves the way for other leaders,” Bolyard explained.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
A loyal Sweet A Licious customer was grateful for well wishes after a stint in the hospital.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:59 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“Kind of stabilize the patient when they are in crisis. Then we connect them to all the resources that they’re going to need throughout their recovery process,” Lockwood added.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 8:32 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“He got ill while he was at work. Some testing was done, and it came back that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. So, right now, he is in stages of chemotherapy and some other treatments,” Lieutenant Mark Walsh explained.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“I was just heartbroken for everyone going through it. Even though I didn’t know most of the families. You know, I couldn’t get it off my mind, and I started thinking of these words and writing them down and came up with a song,” Quick explained.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 10:10 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“We even have donations coming from Tennessee and Kentucky. I had a man call me from Kentucky and say, I’m sending a package it will probably be there in three to four days,” she said.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 10:28 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“We had a power surge. We believe, and it tripped our pump out and also our safety devices that help control the water levels inside the plant and the clear well,” Mark Burns, Chief Water Operator, said.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:47 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Mon Power encouraged residents to prepare for potential outages as a winter storm was predicted to be on its way to North Central West Virginia.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 8:51 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Monongalia County Emergency Services were working to add the Hope Hill Sobering Center as one of its transport locations.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 9:17 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
A family in Weston takes their Christmas decorations to a new level every year with different little scenes in their yard.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 10:39 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Buckhannon City Council voted on the first reading of an amendment to its parking ordinance that would allow the city to take action for those with unpaid parking tickets.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 8:40 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
A family of 11 in Jane Lew were picking up the pieces after a devastating fire over the weekend.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“These are gifts that somebody took the angels from the tree and promised to provide for a child. So, we’re hoping that these people maybe forgot to return them. So, we just want to remind them we need those gifts now,” Roberts said.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“My daughter had the baby at the hospital. All she really received from the hospital was a little sentence that just said don’t shake a baby, and that has to change,” she explained.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 9:02 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“The focus is not necessarily on the lives lost, but it is the fact that those young men were willing to serve," Rampy explained.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 12:26 AM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“There is that option. But what happens at the end of a 10-day suspension? They return to school. What happens when you send them to a 45-day placement? What happens at the end of that placement? They come back to school,” Stutler asked.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 9:54 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“The lions are probably way more popular than me or the house. Everybody loves the lions. We like to decorate them for different holidays,” Nardella said.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:43 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The first annual Jefferson Awards dinner was held to honor all 2022 recipients at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 7:45 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The holiday season was in full swing in Buckhannon, where a local hair salon was doing something special for teens in need.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:56 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
For years the Lenhart family has been known for their front yard holiday light display on Morgantown Avenue in Fairmont.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 3:48 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Local bikers met at South Harrison High School for the annual Harrison County Toy Run.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Nutter Fort Volunteer Fire Department held an open house for their new Emergency Services that start November 29.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 4:24 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
A Clarksburg bridge renamed the Frye Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge, after a family of brothers from Stonewood that fought during World War II.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 9:12 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
People lined up outside Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Buckhannon for the church’s annual Thanksgiving dinner.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Morgantown resident Marly Ynigues was the author of “Christmas Eve in the Mountain State.” A book filled with puns that incorporate all 55 counties in West Virginia.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
On November 18, Clarksburg native and West Virginia University alumna Emily Shaffer, would be making a guest appearance on Blue Bloods.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 8:09 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Every year, Operation Christmas Child put together shoeboxes filled with items for those in need during the holiday season.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 8:55 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Despite the rain Grafton residents gathered for their annual Veterans Day parade.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The community lined High Street in Morgantown for the annual Veterans Day parade.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 9:18 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The Bridge invited the community to the Citynet Center to make cards for veterans.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 8:57 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
For years Bridgeport Youth Football and Cheerleading placed flags for Veterans Day.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
In October, the West Virginia Supreme Court deemed the Hope Scholarship Program constitutional and reversed a previous Kanawha County Circuit Court ruling.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
As the holiday season approached the Salvation Army, Clarksburg was looking for volunteers as its Thanksgiving dinner was only weeks away.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The city of Morgantown was launching an app that allowed residents to stay in tune with what was going on in their neighborhood.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 10:11 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Logan and Logan’s partner, Gabe’s apartment, had caught on fire, and they lost everything. Luckily, they were not home.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 9:22 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
They wanted a dog that was trained to search for missing people. This was most commonly to find those with Alzheimer’s or developmental disabilities.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 11:05 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
The City of Bridgeport invited Kelly Allen from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy to talk about Amendment 2 and how it would affect the city if it passed.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 10:02 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
It had been 100 years since Morgantown High School started its first band.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 10:24 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
One family in Bruceton Mills got into the Halloween spirit with 231 inflatable decorations.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“There are things I never thought I would do, like carry two babies up to bed at once or three sometimes. Give two babies a bath at once, and you know, sometimes three,” she explained.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:38 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Even before Lauren’s passing, her father, Michael Cole, had made it his mission to carry out one of his daughter’s wishes that she shared three weeks before her passing.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 10:00 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“We just renovated two rooms inside the old jail building in Beverly. So, one of our volunteers is appearing as a Civil War-era Sheriff,” Mielke said.