ROANOKE, W.Va. — West Virginia University Extension is ready to showcase business ideas from West Virginia entrepreneurs and students as part of the first-ever Mountain State Innovators Summit at the Stonewall Resort. The summit will be hosted from Wednesday, November 12, through Friday, November 14, where Mountain State middle school and high school students will…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A multi-million dollar water and sewer infrastructure project that will support development in the southwestern end of Monongalia County is now a few finishing touches away from being complete. Morgantown Utility Board General Manager Mike McNulty announced on Wednesday during the MUB board’s regular meeting on Tuesday that the final directional drill…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Attorneys representing a 15-year-old transgender student from Bridgeport High School have filed a brief in their United States Supreme Court challenge of the West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sport Act passed by state lawmakers in 2021. Attorneys tell the court there are zero examples of transgender students taking athletic opportunities from biological females…
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — The Morgantown man accused in a Pennsylvania hit-and-run case died over the weekend at his home a day before he was to appear for a preliminary hearing. No details have been released about the death of Stephen Anthony Lemro, 74, who was accused in a fatal hit-and-run in August by Pennsylvania…
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — Three people died in a Fayette County crash involving a tractor-trailer late Monday afternoon on National Pike. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the crash on National Pike near Dark Hollow Road at 5:30 p.m. Troopers said the tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on National Pike and crossed into the westbound lanes, hitting…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The latest WVRC Media Cares for Community event raised more than $1,000 and 4,300 pounds of food. WVRC Media and Titan Roofing organized the event due to the lingering federal government shutdown, suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and some workers going without a paycheck. Staff from WAJR, WVAQ, and…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One person was killed in a Monday morning crash on I-79 in Monongalia County. Deputies report the crash between a tractor-trailer and a passenger car was reported at mile marker 155 in the Star City area at 6:10 a.m. Five passengers in the passenger car were transported to JW Ruby Memorial Hospital…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A solution appears to be in the works to bring the longest federal government shutdown in history to an end. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Delegate David McCormick, R, Monongalia, 82, said he will provide 100 turkeys to families affected by the stoppage of food benefits or federal workers who have…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Morgantown man is behind bars after the testimony of two juveniles about years of abuse and violent treatment. The investigation began in June when deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department learned about the testimony of two minors at the child advocacy center that Christopher Moore, 38, had abused and been…
