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One stroke at a time, Ivan Puskovitch has carved a path to the Paris Olympics
INDIANAPOLIS — Ivan Puskovitch and his West Virginia teammates got word around 5 p.m. on Thursday April 18 that their coach, Vic Riggs, was retiring. By the next morning, Puskovitch was on a plane to California, where he’d started his college career at USC and where he calls TSM Aquatics in Santa Monica home. By Saturday morning, he was in the water and back on schedule to chip away at his weekly workload of around 100,000 yards.
36th Annual ‘Evening With The Stars’ Held at White Palace
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF)– This Tuesday, the George Strager Evening With Stars event went off for the 36th year. OVAC All-Star Players, Cheerleaders, and Queen of Queens candidates were recognized in front of hundreds. The teams play Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium, you can watch the game live on WTRF.com with our Scott Nolte on […]
Farm Team: Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase taking place throughout week
MINERAL WELLS — The Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase will be held from today through Saturday at the Wood County 4-H Camp on Butcher Bend Road in Mineral Wells. The Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase is open to the public today through Friday from 3-9 p.m. and Saturday will feature the Junior Livestock Sale at 12 p.m. and a concert at 7 p.m. by Sour Mash String Band. Craft and food vendors will be on site all week.
Mid-Ohio Valley Odds and Ends
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg High School Class of 1979 will hold its 45th Class Reunion Sept. 13-14. A tailgate party will be held at 5 p.m. Friday in front of the fieldhouse. Participants are asked to bring food to share. The class will attend the home game afterward with...
Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce – 2024 Mt. Zion Curb Appeal Challenge Winners
Best Overall Award — JPG Midwest, Inc. Best Landscaping & Florals Award — Mount Zion Health & Rehab Center. Best Window Display or Storefront — ApexNetwork Physical Therapy. The Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce held its first Curb Appeal Challenge this year aimed at enhancing the visual...
Simon Says: Ripley football's new leader has been busy as year one approaches
RIPLEY, W. Va. (WCHS) — There's anew man guiding the ship of Ripley Viking football as the 2024 high school season draws closer. Ryan Simon, a long-time assistant, is set to become the 25th leader of the program, taking over for another former Viking in Steve Sayre, who was in charge of the blue and white for four seasons.
WVU celebrates alumni and showcases robotics at Oglebay summer tour event
WHEELING, W.Va. — A Gold and Blue celebration took place Monday evening for West Virginia University alumni at Oglebay’s Pine Room by the Crispin Pool. WVU President Gordon Gee was in attendance, along with current students from the robotics team and alumni. This is a part of the...
WVU Baseball Catcher Withdraws from MLB Draft, Returning to Mountaineers
In the midst of several of his teammates achieving their dreams of being drafted, Logan Sauve feels he still has unfinished business in college with WVU Baseball. Ahead of the final day of the 2024 MLB Draft, Sauve announced he’s withdrawing his name from the draft and returning to West Virginia for another season.
Teams Ohio & West Virginia Report to OVAC Media Day
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF)– Both Team Ohio (coached by Harrison Central’s Anthony Hayes) and West Virginia (coached by Weir’s Frank Sisinni) are on campus now for the OVAC All Star Game. They will spend the week there before heading over to Wheeling Island Stadium for the big game. Stream the game on WTRF.com with our own […]
Gas line break causes brief evacuation of 2 streets in New Martinsville
WETZEL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) – Wetzel County EMA Director Steve Yoho tells 7NEWS that a medium pressure gas line was broken Monday evening in New Martinsville. The break caused a temporary evacuation of residents on James St and Rebecca St. The gas company arrived on scene and was able to shut it off. After checking […]
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The EPA’s Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment last year. The Associated Press reported on a whistleblower’s concerns this spring about the delays and discrepancies in the way the Environmental Protection Agency deployed its ASPECT plane that could have provided crucial information about the chemicals in the air and showed that tank cars filled with vinyl chloride weren’t likely to explode as officials feared. The controversial decision to blow open those vinyl chloride cars and burn the toxic plastic ingredient generated a huge plume of black smoke over the Ohio town and fueled lingering fears about potential long-term health impacts from the exposure to a mixture of burning chemicals. The notice the Inspector General quietly posted Tuesday about the investigation said the watchdog will look “to determine whether the EPA and its contractors followed ASPECT flight equipment deployment procedures during the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment” in the hope of improving the response to future emergencies.
Who is Trent Conaway? Here’s what we know about the Mayor of East Palestine Ohio
East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway is slated to speak Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Conaway was the Mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, when a Norfolk Southern train derailed on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Twenty of the 38 cars that derailed were carrying hazardous materials. After the accident,...
Beaver Grade Road in Moon Township is back open after a landslide
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- Part of Beaver Grade Road in Moon Township has reopened after it was closed the last six months because of a landslide. It took six months and 40 million pounds of rock to get the road reopened to traffic. Now that it is, who is responsible for its $4 million price tag?Beaver Grade Road between Montour Run and Duckhorn Drive, which is owned by PennDOT, closed on Jan. 26 due to a landslide above that affected a handful of homes along Stags Leap Lane in the Sonoma Ridge Development.Emergency repair work to shore up the hillside...
PIAA board makes initial vote to strike health and safety terminology from Competition Formula
STATE COLLEGE — The PIAA board wants to remove some of the most-maligned words from its competitive-balance rule, those that prohibited health and safety as grounds for an appeal. The Competition Formula currently says: “… a change in classification would not be cause for a health and safety concern....
PIAA appeals case vs. Aliquippa football heard Tuesday in court
ALIQUIPPA — Tuesday morning marked the hearing to consider the PIAA’s emergency application against the Aliquippa School District to force the Aliquippa football program into a higher classification for the 2024 football season. For about an hour Tuesday morning, both PIAA attorney Kandice Hull and Aliquippa attorney Tina...
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