MetroNews Classics – Nitro vs Fairmont Senior (2021) & Bridgeport vs Greenbrier East (2012)

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Carl Lee prepares for his first season as head coach of South Charleston’s football program, he does so with a reshaped roster that will be forced to navigate one of the state’s more challenging schedules. Yet Lee, a Marshall Hall of Famer...

CHARMCO, W.Va. — With a very young roster and new starters at almost every position on the field, the 2021 season was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Greenbrier West. The Cavaliers matured quickly and found their way into the playoffs with a six-win season. “It was a...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One year and two seasons of competition allowed Dan Stratford to elevate his alma mater into a top contender in NCAA men’s soccer. After narrowly missing the NCAA Tournament in the COVID-shortened spring season of 2021, West Virginia advanced to the Elite Eight last fall before losing on penalty kicks at Georgetown. Now, the Mountaineers open 2022 ranked sixth in the preseason national coaches poll.

FAIRLEA, W.Va. — Greenbrier East won eight games and earned the No. 8 seed in the Class AAA playoffs in 2021. The Spartans garnered their fourth playoff appearance under head coach Ray Lee and they posted their highest win total since the 1998 season. “We had a great season...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Thousands of students are moving into residence halls, apartments and houses this weekend for the start of the Fall 2022 semester at West Virginia University. WVU Dean of Students Corey Farris said the campus and community will go from the emptiness of summer to the bustle...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If Marshall football fans were asked the likely choice to be the Herd’s starting quarterback going into fall practices, more often than not, Texas Tech transfer Henry Colombi would be the answer. Yet Marshall head coach Charles Huff says fans show slow those expectations, as...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Five people are recovering after they were struck by a vehicle Friday evening near the Mason County fairgrounds. According to Mason County Sheriff Corey Miller, The incident happened around 6 p.m. Friday on the Fair Ground Road just a few hundred feed from the fair entrance.

It’s separation time for the WVU football team. With the opening game quickly approaching, the time has arrived for coaches to make personnel decisions. Who plays and who doesn’t?. Those decisions will be made in large part by scrimmages taking place over the next week. In this episode,...

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Delaware-based chemical company announced Friday its plans to acquire Clearon Corp. and its South Charleston plant. Solenis wants to finalize its acquisition before the end of the year. The companies will continue to act independently from the other until the transaction is complete. Clearon...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A former WVU basketball player is facing extradition to Greece in connection with a 2013 rape charge. Casey Mitchell, 34, was arrested in Fairmont Wednesday by US Marshals. He was taken into custody without incident. According to federal court documents, Mitchell was a suspect in an...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Police say a man wanted for a Friday evening murder in the city is now in custody. Police arrested Kerry Wiley, 64, of Belle around midnight Friday in the Charleston city limits. He was being sought for the murder of Ty Hall, 55, of Charleston earlier in the evening.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department K-9 officer Azim has retired from duty. Since 2014, Azim has patrolled the county with his handler Sgt. Tim Hunn. In recognition of his service, county commissioners voted to allow Azim to retire into the care of Hunn. “A lot of...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A North Carolina man is hospitalized after he was ambushed while sitting in a Charleston parking lot early Friday morning. Zion Mitchell, 22, of Gastonia, N.C., was shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car at a vacant parking lot on Charleston’s west side. According to police Mitchell was there to meet another individual, but instead came under fire from a stranger.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday named state School Building Authority Executive Director David Roach as the next state Superintendent of Schools. Roach replaces Clayton Burch who, at his request, will become the superintendent of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the...

RIPLEY, W.Va. –The National Weather Service warned isolated and training thunderstorms had been possible just about anywhere in West Virginia this week and wherever those happened to hit could expect high water. The spot Mother Natural evidently selected was the town of Ripley and parts of southern Jackson County on Wednesday evening.

HURRICANE, W.Va. — A team of employees from the city of Hurricane are back in West Virginia after spending a week helping folks in Letcher County, Kentucky begin the long road to recovery. Ronnie Woodall lead Hurricane’s Mobile Infrastructure Response Unit into the city of Whitesburg, Kentucky back on...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Tax Department’s new Taxpayer Engagement Center is now open for business. Officials with the department and Gov. Jim Justice cut the ribbon at the center on Lee Street in Charleston on Thursday. The center consolidates taxpayer access locations in the area to a single, modern location, designed for ease of access and customer service.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The man who shot and killed Capital High School student “KJ” Taylor last year pleaded guilty Wednesday less than a week before he was scheduled to go on trial. Dekotis Thomas, 20, of St. Albans, entered a Kennedy Plea to first-degree murder. A second...