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New upright scanner tracks brain function while you walk
HealthDay features work on an upright neuroimaging device developed by WVU neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan. The scanner is an upgrade of an earlier prototype. Read the article.
Izzo-Brown discusses upcoming season, transfer portal additions
WVU Women’s Soccer is gearing up for its season opener against the University of Delaware at the Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Thursday. Head Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown offered a preview of her team’s schedule prior to the home opener at a press conference Monday. Izzo-Brown referenced challenges with scheduling...
2024 High School Football First Look: Parkersburg Big Reds
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Parkersburg Big Reds enter the 2024 football season with a lot of intensity, as they look to build on their state quarterfinal loss to Princeton last season. Head coach Matt Kimes says the team has bought in to what they’re trying to accomplish, and he likes their mentality going in to this season.
West Virginia school health contest aims to encourage better eating
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Just in time for back-to-school season, West Virginia is launching a contest to help kids eat healthy. On Monday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced the “West Virginia Healthy Habits Schools Challenge.” Elementary school students can make a two-minute video of what’s being done to create healthy habits at their schools […]
Senior centers, providing in-home care to elderly, struggling amid West Virginia Medicaid troubles
Ebony Moore has been an in-home caregiver for elderly residents in Kanawha County for 17 years. It isn’t a job that pays a lot, she said, but for her, it has always been a passion. “It originated from me taking care of my family — my grandmother, my aunties,” said Moore, 48, who lives in […]
WVU Tight End Kole Taylor Ready to Make Impact After Offseason Surgery
West Virginia tight end Kole Taylor is entering the 2024 season with high expectations after undergoing offseason surgery on his shoulder. Taylor, who had a labrum repair, spoke with the media last week during preseason camp and is confident that the procedure will allow him to play at a higher level without the restrictions he experienced last year.
WVU football spur Tyrin Bradley looks to take ‘complete 180’ in 2024
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tyrin Bradley used to run around offensive tackles. Now, he has to fight through them. Last year, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound pass rusher came to WVU from Abilene Christian to boost WVU’s depth on the edge after he earned first-team all-conference honors in 2022 with 49 tackles, 10 TFLs and four sacks.
WVU Football Scholarship Breakdown and Distribution
Breaking down where things stand with WVU's Football roster and the scholarship distribution around the roster. West Virginia University's football program officially got down to the 85-man scholarship limit last month.... for the one year remaining before things switch over to the 105-man limit. Now that the numbers are right, let's take a quick look at where these scholarships are being used, and in what classes. That way, it will be a little more clear on where the Mountaineers might need to add moving forward. (All classes are as listed on the official WVU Football roster)
Linsly’s DiOrio: ‘I Just Hope They Remember Me as Fair’
If in the morning or the afternoon he positioned the seat in the middle of the first-floor hallway of Banes Hall, Linsly students either steered clear or veered near because Reno DiOrio was THE measuring stick that mattered most along Knox Lane. He knew you, see, and depending on the...
Top 2026 WVU Football QB Commit Reveals Upcoming Visit for Big Game
A top commit in West Virginia’s 2026 class reveals when he will be making his next trip to Morgantown. 2026 four-star quarterback Brodie McWhorter will be on campus and visiting the WVU football program as the Mountaineers kickoff the 2024 season against Penn State on August 31. McWhorter, who...
Worthington Women’s Golf Association awards July game prizes
PARKERSBURG — The Worthington Women’s Golf Association passed the midway mark of its 75th season of continual league play with the awarding of prizes to July game winners at the August business meeting. July 18-hole winners were: Carol Geletko, Mary Lopez, Katie Parsons, Marsha Jackson, Mary Ellen Eddy,...
LISTEN: Football takes the final turn and hits the straightaway
West Virginia is past the halfway point of preseason camp. Nine practices are in the books. Today's workout is the first of eight remaining before the fall semester starts, the NCAA's 20-hour-a-week limit resumes and Penn State preparations begin. Head coach Neal Brown meets with reporters this afternoon to talk about progress so far, Saturday's scrimmage and what's left to do, but let's get a head start this morning.
One Transported after Concrete Truck Rolls onto Side
Recently, area first responders were called to the scene of an accident that saw a large concrete truck roll over with the driver still inside. According to a post by the Valley Volunteer Fire Department, a call came on August 8 at 5:45 a.m. for a vehicle accident with entrapment off Riverside Drive in the Benton’s Ferry area of Pleasant Valley in Marion County. The call also stated the driver of the vehicle was.
West Virginia high schools win appeal on sports reclassifications
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Eleven West Virginia high schools have won their appeals to return to their original classifications for West Virginia high school football. The eleven schools that appealed their new classifications were Frankfort, John Marshall, Oak Hil, Petersburg, Preston, Sissonville, Spring Valley, St. Albans, St. Marys, Tyler Consolidated and Wayne. With the […]
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