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2026 Safety D’Various Surratt Receives West Virginia Football Offer and Plans Visit
2026 DB Surratt is thrilled about the West Virginia opportunity, having recently received an offer from the program and expressing excitement to learn more about the Mountaineers' football program. Surratt is a 6-foot-0, 170-pound safety from Shelby (N.C.) Crest. He is a Rivals.com three-star prospect. Yes, But. Surratt is still...
WV Sports Now Daily Notebook – July 14
The West Virginia Sports Now Daily Notebook is a daily recap of news concerning West Virginia University Athletics. JJ Wetherholt Picked by St. Louis Cardinals in MLB Draft. The 2024 @MLBDraft is tonight at 7 PM EST on @espn and @MLBNetwork. Projected 1st Round Pick and @WVUBaseball Star @jj_wetherholt will...
Crews battle early morning fire in Johnstown
The State Fire Marshal is investigating after firefighters responded to a house fire in Johnstown early Sunday morning. According to emergency officials, the Johnstown Fire Department was dispatched to a home on Franklin Street just before 1:30 Sunday morning. Assistant Fire Chief Mick Miller said there was heavy fire coming...
West Virginia in a better place inside LB room
It’s taken some time, but West Virginia is getting into a good place with the inside linebacker position room. The Mountaineers have been relatively thin there over the past few seasons but have at least five that repped there during the spring and will add to that in the summer when freshmen join the program. It’s something that the program has been working to build and it was noticeable this past spring with the players in the rotation.
Male Arrested In Warren County For CSAM
Robert McCoy, a 30 year-old male from Front Royal was arrested by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) regarding the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Warren County. After receiving downloads of CSAM during the sheriff’s office investigation, the special opperations team of the WCSO executed a...
More states enact salary transparency laws to fight gender, racial pay gaps
To combat gender and racial wage gaps, nearly a dozen states recently have enacted pay transparency laws that require employers to be more open about the wages and benefits they offer. The post More states enact salary transparency laws to fight gender, racial pay gaps appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Weekend Kicks Off with Earthquake Near North Carolina / Virginia Border
The weekend kicked off with an earthquake near the Virginia border in northern North Carolina early Saturday morning. According to USGS, at 5:44 am on Saturday morning, a magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck from a depth of 5.9 km near Sparta, North Carolina. The epicenter was located in the northwest corner of the state, just west of I-77 and north and west of Winston-Salem.
Sint Maarten Students Blow Into Bowie State With The Summer Heat
BOWIE, Md. – A new crop of high school students from Charlotte Brookson Academy (CBA) for the Performing Arts in Sint Maarten arrived on campus for a week-long arts camp as part of Bowie State’s Bridge to Bold partnership with the island nation arts academy. . “Our goal is...
Should Texas Follow Maryland’s Lead in Marijuana Pardons?
Texas, we've got a marijuana problem and no, it's not about usage, it's about how we handle arrests and incarcerations. In 2018, we were leading the nation with a whopping 70,000 marijuana possession arrests. Yes, you read that right! While the rest of the country is starting to come around on weed and arrest rates are dropping, we’re still hunting people down for the green stuff. (MPP).
Allegheny, Westmoreland county men shot at Trump rally identified, are in stable condition
Editor's note: This story has been edited to reflect that Moon Township is in Allegheny County. State officials in Pennsylvania have identified the three additional shooting victims from Saturday's rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler County. In a news conference Sunday, Gov. Josh Shapiro confirmed that 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, of...
WVU Hoops offers 2026 point guard with rising stock and great length
Coach DeVries and his staff extended a scholarship offer to 2026 guard Harris Reynolds on Friday night, per a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account. The offer marks approximately the 49th high school prospect that has received a WVU scholarship offer since Darian DeVries arrived in Morgantown. Reynolds, a...
Dr. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah Makes History As The First Black Woman To Graduate From Its Neurosurgery Program
This Black doctor just made history at Johns Hopkins University!. In June 2024, Nancy Abu-Bonsrah achieved a historic feat, becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins University’s neurosurgery program. She took to social media to announce the news, however, it was a close friend who noted that Dr. Abu-Bonsrah had quite literally also made history, Because Of Them We Can reports.
Should Texas Follow Maryland’s Lead in Marijuana Pardons?
Texas, we've got a marijuana problem and no, it's not about usage, it's about how we handle arrests and incarcerations. In 2018, we were leading the nation with a whopping 70,000 marijuana possession arrests. Yes, you read that right! While the rest of the country is starting to come around on weed and arrest rates are dropping, we’re still hunting people down for the green stuff. (MPP).
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