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Moorefield High School community mourning loss of Gary Foster
MOOREFIELD, Wv. (WHSV) - The Moorefield and Petersburg communities are in mourning after two young men were killed in a car crash back on April 16. 23-year-old Jaron Rowland and 17-year-old Gary Foster, a Moorefield High School student were both killed when their vehicles collided. Now the Moorefield High School...
‘Freedom is not free’: D-Day veterans share their story
THOMAS, W.Va. (WBOY) – As we mark the anniversary* of D-Day… the sheer magnitude of a task that faced the allies is still difficult to comprehend. Two D-Day veterans living down the hall from each other in the same Tucker County nursing home share their stories. “Freedom is...
Freeze Warning again tonight
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for the early hours of Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. Areas included in the warning at Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Page Counties. In West Virginia, Hampshire and Hardy Counties. The warning is from 2 a.m. until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Charlie Obaugh Auto Group Student Athlete of the Week: Samantha Colaw
PETERSBURG, W.Va. (WHSV) - Petersburg head coach bubba hedrick as been at the helm on the softball diamond for the past 20 seasons. Many have come and go, but senior Samantha Colaw is one that has continued to stand out. “She’s really been the staple of our pitching staff for...
With record now at 16-3, softball Cougars are recent Riggleman Tournament champions
MOOREFIELD — Jefferson High School’s softball team has only three losses this season, and all three defeats were inflicted by John Marshall High School. In their latest games, the Cougars traveled to Moorefield High School for the Bub Riggleman Tournament. John Marshall wasn’t there. So Jefferson didn’t lose...
Softball Game Recap: Berkeley Springs Indians vs. Petersburg Vikings
Berkeley Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. Their rough 15-5 loss to the Petersburg Vikings might stick with them for a while. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Berkeley Springs of the 22-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March.
West Virginia Maple Researchers Improve Flow in Narrow Tubes
For West Virginia maple syrup producers, it’s good to be narrow-minded. About 80% of Mountain State producers collect their sap with 3/16-inch tubing, while producers in most other states prefer wider 5/16 tubes. The narrower version works well in West Virginia, but it has brought new challenges that maple...
LUCAS Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit Lines Up Additional May Stops Including One in Salem
LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Boone, Monroe, Harrison, Marion, Pendleton, and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at:. Southern WV Health Systems in Madison from...
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