Buckhannon, WV

Bridgeport, WV

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — WVU Medicine United Hospital Center is partnering with non-profit blood services organization Vitalant to host a blood drive. The event will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Bridge Sports Complex in Citynet Center Court 1, located at 400 Forrester Boulevard, Bridgeport.

WVU Medicine United Hospital Center to host blood drive

Bridgeport Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Benedum Civic Center, 164 W. Main St., Bridgeport. President John Vash, 304-476-7503.

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Charleston, WV

Rachel, WV

RACHEL, W.Va. (WV News) — When the North Marion girls basketball team left Charleston in March, they returned to Rachel as the 2023 state champions. Two weeks ago, the North Marion girls track and field team left Laidley Field in Charleston as the state runner-up.

North Marion girls end school year with numerous accomplishments

West Virginia State

Clarksburg, WV

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Downtown Clarksburg’s First Friday event for June will honor West Virginia’s 160th birthday. “All the First Friday events have a theme, and June’s is West Virginia because West Virginia Day is June 20,” First Friday Committee Co-Chair Mike Spatafore said.

First Friday in June to celebrate West Virginia's 160th birthday

Grafton, WV

TENNERTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The Region I team in this year's North/South All-Star softball games at the Buffalo High School softball complex next Thursday, June 8 will feature a heavy local influence. Helmed by the coach Levi Bender's Buckhannon-Upshur coaching staff consisting of assistants Tiffany Board, Jordan Hart,...

B-U, Grafton feature heavily on Region I All-Star softball team

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Clayton Rice is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Clayton Rice: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Brian Kemmerer is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Brian Kemmerer: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Barry Balon is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Barry Balon: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

West Liberty, WV

West Union, WV

WEST UNION, W.Va. (WV News) — The football careers of Logan McCartney and Braylon Hilliard are far from over. As McCartney heads to West Liberty and Hilliard signs with Glenville State, both players will have a chance to keep playing the sport that they love. Instead, this weekend’s Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis All-Star Football Game is one of the last times they will play at the high school level.

McCartney and Hilliard set to represent RCB in BACF all-star game

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Don Burton is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Don Burton: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A Grafton man was back in Taylor County Circuit Court to plead guilty to a felony firearm charge. Twenty-nine-year-old Dallas Ray Sheme was initially indicted by the Taylor County grand jury on one count of person prohibited from possessing a firearm. The charge carried with it a potential determinant sentence of up to five years.

Sheme sentenced in Taylor County Circuit Court

Gypsy, WV

GYPSY, W.Va. (WV News) — Two area 19-year-olds were arrested in connection with a May 19 drive-by shooting in Gypsy, according to West Virginia State police. Fairmont's Brandon M. Limberick remained jailed Thursday, a day after his arrest, on a $35,000 cash-or-surety bond. Gypsy's Abigail Rose Nestor remained jailed on a $10,000 bond.

West Virginia State Police: 2 arrested in connection with Gypsy drive-by shooting

Morgantown, WV

Hedgesville, WV

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Soon, the 19-year state wait will be over for the University Hawks. On Friday, University (25-11), the No. 2 seed in Class AAA, faces No. 3 Hedgesville (27-8) 50 minutes after the conclusion of the 10 a.m. game between No. 1 Cabell Midland (27-10) and No. 4 St. Albans (25-15) in semifinal action at GoMart Ballpark.

University eager to return to state tournament against Hedgesville

WEST UNION, W.Va. (WV News) — Nick Kellar rolled out to his left during walkthrough practices for the Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis All-Star football game. As the ball left his hands, it zipped straight to the hands of Doddridge County’s Seth Richards on a back shoulder fade. While Kellar is the only player from Lincoln on the BACF roster, he’s found an immediate connection with the rest of the team.

Nick Kellar set for last time on the field in BACF all-star game

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Normally a college football team gets a chance to play its way into the most important of its season, with maybe one featured non-conference game early but this will be no normal season for West Virginia. With Neal Brown's performance under review by a...

Early schedule could define WVU's football season

Mchenry, MD

Mountain Lake Park, MD

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK — On Saturday, June 24, the Mountain Laurel Garden Club will host its Country Gardens Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (rain or shine, no pets). The tour features two gardens in the Paradise Point area of Deep Creek Lake, a fern and host garden in Mountain Lake Park, and a flower farm off Gorman Road (Route 560).

'Serenity Falls' on garden tour

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A 35-year-old Clarksburg man who continues to drive under the influence despite having been convicted in a 2014 DUI with death is headed to prison. Harrison County Chief Judge Christopher J. McCarthy sentenced Edwin Lynn Mayo Jr. to 2-5 years in prison for felony...

Clarksburg man with DUI with death in his past continues to drive under influence, gets prison

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Grafton baseball standout Ben Louzy has been selected to play in the annual North-South all-star game on June 4 at George Washington High School after an outstanding senior campaign in which he helped guide coach Bartsel Keener’s team to a 7-13 overall record.

Grafton baseball standout Ben Louzy selected to play in North-South game

Texas State

Motivated by extreme weather events like the 2021 winter storm in Texas, one West Virginia University researcher is looking to emerging technologies to reimagine how state and city agencies maintain roads and other transportation networks. Kakan Dey’s expansive research will delve into a variety of ways a data-driven approach can...

From AI to electric snowplows, WVU researcher explores ways to modernize roadway maintenance

Indiana State

West Virginia's baseball team will face Indiana in the Lexington Regional of the NCAA tournament on Friday, June 2. The Mountaineers (39-18) were one of 34 at-large selections to earn a spot in the 64-team field on Monday, joining 30 automatic qualifiers who won their conference championships. WVU is a...

WVU to face Indiana in NCAA Baseball regional

West Virginia will play in the Lexington Regional of the 2023 NCAA Baseball Championship along with host and No. 1 regional seed Kentucky, No. 3 Indiana and No. 4 Ball State. The Mountaineers and Hoosiers will square off on Friday, June 2, at Kentucky Proud Park, with first pitch coming at 7 p.m. No. 1 seed Kentucky will play No. 4 seed Ball State at noon at the same venue.

Scouting WVU's NCAA regional foes

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Hodgesville Lions Club offers $500 scholarship to 2023 B-U graduate who attended Hodgesville Elementary

HODGESVILLE, W.Va. — The Hodgesville Lions Club is offering a $500 scholarship to an Upshur County High 2023...

Hodgesville Lions Club offers $500 scholarship to 2023 B-U graduate who attended Hodgesville Elementary

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