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WVU students to return to campus & nearly double population in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - West Virginia University students will return to campus next week, causing the population of Morgantown to nearly double. Residence hall move-ins, with students arriving during scheduled time slots, begin on Thursday, August 15th and continue through Saturday, August 17th. Additional University Police officers and Housing and...
Metal detectors to be added to WVU athletics venues
The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will introduce walk-through metal detectors at its major athletic venues this fall. The new additions to the entrance gates expand on the University’s campus safety procedures and will make their debut at the Aug. 31 football home opener against Penn State at Milan Puskar Stadium.
Neighbors recall the moments before deadly Monroeville apartment shooting - "I thought it was a firework."
MONROEVILLE (KDKA) - Thursday morning, you could hear a hammer at the Cambridge Square Apartments.But these weren't the bangs neighbors heard the other day."[I was] just in my house cleaning -- it was like "pow!" neighbor Kimberly Lucas said.An 18-year-old woman is dead after a shooting at the apartment complex.KDKA-TV spoke with neighbors who were shocked and saddened after all this activity.Lucas thought nothing of that sound. Neither did another neighbor who spoke with KDKA-TV – who didn't want her face shown."I was out here sitting here, smoking a cigarette," the neighbor said. "And I heard – like, I thought...
Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller dedicates new downtown Hagerstown project
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller made a visit to Hagerstown before the week came to a close. She was joined by city leaders for a ribbon cutting on the new downtown parking deck on Antietam Street, adjacent to the city’s just-built downtown baseball stadium, Meritus Park. The parking facility […]
Hagerstown turns out to cheer hometown Olympic hero
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — Hagerstown native Aaron Brooks will be competing for a Bronze medal Friday. While Brooks won’t be coming home from Paris with a Gold medal in Olympic wrestling, throngs of hometown supporters turned out to see him compete against Bulgarian Magomed Ramazanov at watch parties across town. Brooks is a […]
Energy Storage Project Using West Virginia-Made Batteries Gets $100 Million In Federal Funds
Batteries developed in West Virginia will soon power a major energy storage project in Lincoln, Maine. This week, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would provide more than $100 million to a “multi-day energy storage project” using batteries from Form Energy’s new Weirton factory, located in Hancock County.
Urgent Alert: Two Sisters Missing from Frederick, Maryland
Authorities in Frederick, MD, have issued an alert for two sisters, Jhade Giovanna Paredes Sialer and Franchesca Alexandra Paredes Sialer, who have been missing since July 11, 2024. Jhade, 17 years old, is described in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) under the number M547947716. Her younger sister, Franchesca, aged...
West Virginia expands program providing housing, support for young adults aging out of foster care
West Virginia leaders are expanding their support for young adults who are aging out of foster care and in need of housing, education and employment support as they transition to independent living. The Department of Human Services has funded additional programs around the state in its Transitional Living for Vulnerable Youth program, which serves youth […]
Wildfires are expected to get worse in West Virginia. The state isn’t prepared to protect people and property
WARDENSVILLE — As Peggy Barb peered out her living room window, flakes of smoldering ash began to fall on her wooden deck. Tucked in the forest of Hardy County, her home was battered by strong winds that carried smoke from the wildfire closer. As the flames from the Moores Run Fire approached, Barb fled the […] Wildfires are expected to get worse in West Virginia. The state isn’t prepared to protect people and property appeared first on Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia's civic newsroom.
Frederick Resident Wins $540,000 Lottery Jackpot
FREDERICK, MD — Tawny Barnwell’s late-night routine of checking lottery tickets paid off spectacularly when she discovered she had won a $540,000 Multi-Match jackpot. The excitement unfolded shortly after midnight,…
E.J. Fuller ushers in new programs at Hagerstown Robert W. Johnson Community Center
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — In Western Maryland, Robert W. Johnson Community Center renovations are building excitement in the Jonathan Street neighborhood. E.J. Fuller is the center’s new executive director. He said the new swimming pool may be the center of attention at the Johnson Center, but he is shaping activities around three main […]
First pickleball facility coming to Frederick
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — In a matter of a few months, Frederick will be getting their very first pickleball facility. Kaylin Corsiatto, owner of Dill Dinkers Frederick, and her family first got into pickleball during COVID-19 but soon realized places to play inside during less-than-ideal weather were limited. “There’s not many indoor places […]
Washington’s Big Performance Propels Revs to Comeback Win
(August 7, 2024 – Hagerstown, Md.): David Washington homered and ripped a game-tying two-run single in the seventh, keying a comeback win for the York Revolution, 6-5 over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars on Wednesday night at Meritus Park. York trailed early as the Boxcars built a 3-0 lead out...
Hagerstown's Aaron Brooks wrestles at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Live updates and results
Hagerstown native Aaron Brooks is less than 24 hours away from making his Olympic Games debut in Paris, competing in men's freestyle wrestling in the 86-kilogram weight class. The competition will be held Thursday and Friday at Champ de Mars Arena. On Wednesday, Brooks, a 2018 North Hagerstown graduate, learned...
Third round of antlerless deer licenses on sale Aug. 12
YORK, Pa. — Pennsylvania hunters, who are thinking about fall this summer, have another chance to buy a deer license next week. The third round of antlerless deer tags go on sale Monday, Aug. 12 at 8 a.m. Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits are also available Monday. Hunters...
Orioles really dodged a bullet in so-called near trade for Jackson Holliday
Less than one month before the MLB trade deadline, seemingly out of nowhere, a report circulated saying that the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates discussed a swap involving Jackson Holliday and Jared Jones. At the time, that felt a bit far-fetched. Holliday was one of, if not the best prospects...
Complaint: Union dues illegally funded Shapiro campaign in 2022
(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania State Education Association funneled nearly $1.5 million in membership dues into Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2022 campaign, according to a recent complaint filed with the state’s Office of Attorney General. In the 44-page document, the Freedom Foundation says the teachers union took extra steps to conceal the donation by routing it through unauthorized political funds and the Democratic Governors Association, violating state and federal campaign finance law. ...
Fetterman pushes back on report he raised Shapiro concerns to Harris
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday pushed back on reporting that he and his team raised concerns about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) to Vice President Harris’s team during the vetting process for her running mate. “No, I never directed anyone on my team or anyone to do that,”...
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