Bridgeport, West Virginia, kicks off the Christmas season with annual Light Up Night

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Monongalia and Preston County Day at the Legislature will begin on Thursday morning as it always has — COVID years excepted — with a buckwheat cake breakfast at the Capitol showcasing Preston County’s signature food. After that, it’s down to business...

WESTON- Jacqueline “Jackie” (Montgomery) McClain, 94, of Weston went to be with the Lord on January 31, 2023 at Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Weston. She had been under the care of Crestview. Nursing Home in Jane Lew. She was born in Morgantown on June 15, 1928:...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — In a game that held massive sectional playoff seeding implications for both teams, Bridgeport’s Gabby Reep scored the first 14 points of the game, all 17 of the Tribe’s first-quarter points, and 38 for the game in a 57-42 win over the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers on senior night.

JANE LEW- Edward “Ed” Wayne Gump, 73, of Good Hope, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in the comfort of his home surrounded by loving family. Ed was born in Clarksburg on May 17, 1949, a son of the late Gerald Wayne Gump and Mildred Ayers Gump Starkey. In addition to his parents, Ed was also preceded in death by his step-father, Jack Starkey who from the age of five raised Ed and gave him the tools to be the great man he was; and two siblings: Linda Baker and Donnie Starkey.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Let’s start with the most important thing first: On a night when the Class AAA No. 4 East Fairmont Bees opposed the No. 6 Philip Barbour Colts with the top seed in the sectional playoffs on the line, they united at midcourt after PB’s LaDonna Herron suffered a scary head injury late in the first quarter.

GRANTSVILLE — Jeffery L. Frantz, 63, of Grantsville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at UPMC Western Maryland, Cumberland, after a short but courageous bout with cancer. In the last act on earth, surrounded by his mother and sister, Kim, Jeff smiled as he entered the loving embrace of his heavenly father.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears picked up their second consecutive win Wednesday, improving to 5-11 on the season with a 48-41 victory over the Liberty Mountaineers. Key in the victory for Fairmont Senior was sophomore Sadaya Jones, who scored 20 points to go along...

A Lewis County Magistrate Court jury on Wednesday, convicted Michael Terango, a former teacher at Robert L. Bland Middle School in Weston, on one count of misdemeanor battery for an incident that took place in the school in September of 2021. Terango was originally charged in January, 2022 and was...

West Virginia went to Fort Worth Wednesday night looking for a season sweep of No. 15 TCU, but instead, it was the Horned Frogs who got revenge for the Mountaineers’ 74-64 victory 13 days ago in Morgantown. This time Texas Christian (17-5, 6-3) turned the tables on WVU (13-9,...

MORGANTOWN — Following another standout running season, Morgantown High’s Irene Riggs has been awarded a second straight McCoy Award by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. The McCoy Award is given to the top male and female track athletes each year. Riggs became the first-ever Mohigan to win...

There's life in WVU's men's basketball program yet. Left but all for dead by many observers after a disappointing home loss to Texas, the Mountaineers have rallied for two consecutive wins and are back in position to vie for an NCAA bid as they travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU in the first of its return games in the Big 12's double-round robin schedule.

For West Virginia's recent coaching hires, $200,000 appears to be the sweet spot. New WVU football assistants Bilal Marshall and Blaine Stewart, along with basketball assistant DerMarr Johnson, will all make that amount per year after being hired by the school. Stewart and Marshall will each have two-year contracts with...

West Virginia womens basketball head coach Dawn Plitzuweit noted that Texas' second chance points, combined with 10 Mountaineer free throw misses, were the biggest factors in her team's loss to the ranked Longhorns on Wednesday. Welcome to the discussion. Thank you for reading!. Please purchase a subscription to read our...

West Virginia guard Danni Nichols notes that finding a way to win without teammate Madisen Smith at TCU was another sign of progress for Dawn Plitzuweit's first Mountaineer squad. Basketball. Danni Nichols. Big 12. Welcome to the discussion. Thank you for reading!. Please purchase a subscription to read our premium...

West Virginia's Erik Stevenson collected his first Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honor after helping the Mountaineers teams to a pair of wins. Included was an 80-77 victory over Auburn in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, which resulted in a 7-3 Big 12 advantage. Stevenson recorded a career-high 31 points...