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: Mar. 28, 2023 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
A school concept that had been building over the past few years in Monongalia County was one step closer to opening.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:32 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Rogers and other city officials had been visiting other newly built or renovated police stations in the state to see what worked and what didn’t with the design of these buildings.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It’s really difficult to navigate the housing system in general. But we’ve noticed that people that identify as part of that community face different barriers, like threats and violence based on their gender identity or sexuality,” Thompson explained.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:35 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It’s a way for people to stay connected. To stay intellectually engaged. To meet new people it’s sometimes tough to meet new people when you’re an adult,” she said.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 3:56 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“It’s always fun to watch the kids come up with new ideas for these challenges, creative ways to build a robot," Scime said.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Amid a spiritual movement across the country. One local church invited the community to “Stand for Jesus.”
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
Campbell anticipated the full investigation to be finished soon.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 10:31 PM EDT
|By Madeline Edwards
“We’ve got requests for other activities. This is not day to day. We don’t intend to sell alcohol day to day. That’s not what this is for. This is for special events,” Newton said.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Walk With Dinosaurs was a free exhibit open to school students and the public.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
After the viral attention of the revival at Asbury University in Kentucky, Glenville State University hosted it’s own revival.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:48 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“We need our rail trail lit. It is a long and ongoing issue. We’re having trouble getting grants. We put this in many times, this is the time, and this is what we really need from you,” Trumble explained.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:28 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
On March 6, the Tucker County Board of Education held a special meeting to expel a student for a year.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 3:45 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The Clay-Battelle community ate pasta to support one of their own.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 4:25 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams VFW Post 7048 in Fairmont held their Wild Game Feed for the first time since COVID-19.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Every year outdoor enthusiasts come together at Mylan Park for the West Virginia Fishing, Hunting, and Outdoors Sports show.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 3:42 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
The Meadowbrook Mall and Unicare partnered for their ‘Repack the Backpack’ event.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“These people have given to their country, and it’s time we give back to them and give them the help they need,” Shingleton said.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“A very memorable sad event in our history. The history of my country. We wanted to commemorate fallen soldiers as well as to thank people here in America who supported us through all these difficult times,” Pelchar explained.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 9:59 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Mascia said there would be rigatoni, meatballs, salad, bread and a dessert for $12.00 a piece.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 9:47 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Christians across the world went to church services for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season in the church.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 2:52 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
After years of only giving out scholarships, the James and Derek Hotsinpiller Memorial Scholarship Fund changed its name to the James and Derek Hotsinpiller Memorial Foundation.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 1:15 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Truckers from all over the area gathered in Dailey at Grimes Enterprises for a trucker convoy to raise money for a boy that was in need.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 3:38 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Despite the temperature, members of the Buckhannon community hopped in the water to raise money for Special Olympics West Virginia.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 12:21 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
People across the country were affected by an insulin shortage, including a woman in Webster County.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 12:10 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
WV Fitness 24 partnered with the Humane Society of Harrison County as a permanent donation drop off location.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 10:20 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Both old and new friends were out at the first in person event since COVID.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:42 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
"You are required to clear the vegetation around your fire, and that helps to prevent that from spreading out,” Cooley said.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:19 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“It doesn’t start with the chicken. It starts with the fertilizer," Goetsch said.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 12:25 AM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
Dubovyk thanked the many Americans that provided assistance to Ukraine during this time.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“You never know what you’re going to find that’s what makes it fun it’s treasure hunting,” DeWitt said.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:24 PM EST
|By Madeline Edwards
“Those individuals will make some type of accusation about things. Like you know, I have pictures of you that I’m going to disperse to your friends and other social media outlets if you don’t pay me x amount of dollars,” Wright said.
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.
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