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2025 Morgantown HS K/P Commits to WVU Football
The WVU football program added a homegrown pierce to the future of its special teams unit when local product Aidan Stire committed to West Virginia. Stire (6-foot, 185 pounds), who will be a senior at Morgantown High School, posted a message with his commitment on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.
WVUPD welcomes new K-9 to explosives detection unit
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - The West Virginia University Police Department has welcomed a new K-9 to their explosives detection unit. Chuck, a yellow Labrador retriever born in February 2023 and handled by Officer Ethan Stepp, has joined the department as a specially-trained explosives detection K-9, officials said. Explosives detection K-9s...
Morgantown man arrested after making threats, yelling racist slurs at children
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - A Morgantown man was arrested after yelling racist slurs at a family, threatening them and scaring the children, according to the West Virginia State Police. James Hamlin, 48, is charged with prohibiting violations of an individual’s civil rights. Police responded to a home on Majestic...
Darian DeVries Says WVU Staff is Looking at ‘Multiple Players’ to Add
WVU HC Darian DeVries is preparing for his first season with the Mountaineers. DeVries and his new staff recruited 10 new scholarship players to the roster while returning sophomore forward Ofri Naveh. With two scholarship spots available, DeVries told the media on Tuesday that his staff is still looking to...
West Virginia University understands high expectations for program
MORGANTOWN — A year ago around this time, Mark Kellogg was cloaked in obscurity, as was his West Virginia women’s basketball team. His first year after earning his spurs at Stephen F. Austin in Texas before the big time pulled the curtain back on him and his defense with his Mountaineers winning 25 games and millions of hearts.
Morgantown’s Metropolitan Theater celebrates 100th anniversary
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - For 100 years, the Metropolitan Theater has resided on High Street in Morgantown. Over that time, over 1,100 guests could be seated in the theater’s velvet seats on any given day to watch a movie, concert and other performances. Now, on its 100th anniversary, visitors can reflect on the community’s cultural anchor which was placed on the National Register for Historic Places in 1984.
American Heart Association recognizes Ruby Memorial Hospital
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - The American Heart Association has awarded Ruby Memorial Hospital with their Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Dr. Muhammad Alvi is a stroke specialist and credits the entire staff for their work treating patients. “I think it’s good to have that kind...
Mon County Schools look to fill important positions
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County Schools are looking to fill several teacher openings as the 2024–25 school year approaches. The numbers change frequently, but at press time there were nine elementary school, three high school, and two pre-K/Headstart teaching positions available. Superintendent Eddie Campbell said the district has...
Mon County students excel in AP programs
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Advanced Placement program at Monongalia County Schools allows high school-level students to take entry-level college courses and earn college credit. Director of Assessment, Accountability, and School Counseling, Courtney Crawford, said in 2024, 718 students took more than 1,400 tests. The program includes seven subject areas...
‘You just can’t play scared’: Javon Small shares advice to teammates when approaching the Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is one of the most successful men’s basketball conferences in the NCAA. WVU senior guard Javon Small brings Big 12 experience after his lone season at Oklahoma State. In a press conference on Tuesday, he shared his message to his teammates about competing in the Big 12.
WVU athletes compete in Paris Olympics: Dates, times, where to watch
Starting this weekend, the world will have its eyes on Paris as 11,231 athletes compete in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Of those 11,231 competitors, eight have ties to West Virginia University as current or former athletes or staff members. Here is a breakdown of each athlete and how you can watch these Mountaineers go […]
WVU Hoops makes top five for class of 2025 guard from Texas
Jaylon Dean-Vines, a 6-foot-3, 180 pound shooting guard from Dallas (TX) Kimball, recently announced his top five schools, and the Mountaineers made the cut. Rounding out his list are Vanderbilt, Louisville, Texas A&M and Central Florida. Dean-Vines currently holds a 3-star, 87 overall rating from 247Sports, ranking him as the...
West Virginia is asking the US Supreme Court to consider transgender surgery Medicaid coverage case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that found the state’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. In April, the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
Stripe the Stadium, Other Promotional Dates for 2024 West Virginia University Football Schedule Announced
The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has released its 2024 football home game promotional schedule for this fall at Milan Puskar Stadium. The highly anticipated Coal Rush game will be announced at a later date for one of the following home games; Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State or Baylor. All fans in attendance will be encouraged to wear black to the game and join the Mountaineers as they debut the new black alternate uniform that pays homage to the state's rich coal tradition and honor miners who work underground daily to supply.
PSC to hold evidentiary and public comment hearings August 12 for APCo Expanded Net Energy Cost case
CHARLESTON, WV (WVDN) – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has scheduled August 12 as the date for the evidentiary hearing and public comment hearing for Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company’s Expanded Net Energy Cost case. The companies have requested an additional $20.4 million in annual revenue. The evidentiary hearing in this case […] The post PSC to hold evidentiary and public comment hearings August 12 for APCo Expanded Net Energy Cost case appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.
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