Day: October 24, 2018 Archives


WednesdayOctober 24, 2018

Kanawha Valley high school football report: Week 10

Capital and Poca look to continue their winning ways. George Washington needs a victory to help its cause of reaching the postseason.

Marshall looks to make most of its bye week

Playing well of late, Marshall is looking to get healthier during its bye week.

West Virginia vs. Baylor: Five questions

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A fistful of questions as No. 13 West Virginia (5-1, 3-1) prepares to host Baylor (4-3, 2-2) on Thursday night: Can the Mountaineers regain their swagger? Those Big 12 Championship game reservations are on hold after a 30-14 setback in Ames, yet the Mountaineers still control their own destiny. For encouragement’s sake,

Regional airline to begin service out of Raleigh County in December

Initial service will be a 35-minute flight to Charlotte, NC

West Virginia’s passing game is going back to the basics

After moving like a machine through its first five games, the West Virginia offense looked like a moped struggling to climb up a mountain against Iowa State, gaining 152 yards and scoring one touchdown. “I just thought our timing was a little off last week, which was weird,” said coach Dana Holgorsen. The key to

Paine: Plan to improve math scores to focus on algebra where a third of teachers aren’t certified

Department of Education responding after first-ever Balanced Scorecard results.

Central WV counties have emergency management exercises

The 10 counties that make up Homeland Security's Region 4 of West Virginia -- Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur and Webster -- took part in full-scale emergency management exercises Wednesday to evaluate their response preparedness.

Police: Fans should expect delays getting to Milan Puskar Stadium

For law enforcement, they just hope the flow of traffic in Thursday afternoon isn't too bad.

Arrest made in Monday night Clarksburg police chase

Jacob Castillo was driving eastbound in a gray Dodge Avenger with Texas registration in the westbound lanes of U.S. in Clarksburg at around 11:20 p.m. Monday.

Victim identified in 50-foot fall near Morgantown High School

Aaron Thomas Riel, 38, of the Morgantown area, died after falling while trying to jump from one tree to another tree

Retired Air Force Major General shares lunch and health message with Kanawha County students

Raaberg is in town with Mission Readiness for the Southern Obesity Summit.

Baylor’s rebuild progressing ahead of West Virginia game

The first time Baylor visited Mountaineer Field, fans’ heads shifted back-and-forth in a manner more befitting tennis than football. Offenses soared and huge plays piled up as West Virginia pulled out a 70-63 win in that 2012 game. The Baylor program that visits Thursday night is nowhere near the same in more ways than one. Gone

West Virginia has been tough to beat at night during the week

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When the football schedule came out while West Virginia was in the Big East, one of the first things most did was scroll through to see which game got the primetime week day slot at Milan Puskar Stadium. It wasn’t a matter of if, but when, the Mountaineers would play on a

Hatfield McCoy to realign trails in Mercer County

Changes will cause temporary shutdown, but unauthorized riding continues to be a growing problem for the system.

Dozens of high school students vote for the first time as early voting gets underway

Three Kanawha County high schools will bus students down to the county voter registration offices to vote.

College basketball rule change could mean flagrant foul for hooking

KANSAS CITY — The biggest rule change this year, according to Big 12 Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Curtis Shaw, will revolve around players hooking arms with other players while fighting for rebound positioning. Shaw said if a player gets beat on positioning and then hooks arms in an attempt to keep the other player

Wheeling-Charleston diocese to release names of sexual abuse suspects

The diocese did not state a precise timetable for the release but said it will be as soon as the information can be compiled and checked.

With Kansas under scrutiny, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby warns against convicting all of college basketball

At Big 12 basketball media days in Kansas City, the commissioner said he has been in contact with officials from Kansas and Adidas.

Week 10 Class A high school football game previews

Greg Carey and Joe Brocato take a look at the key matchups in Class A.

Dana Holgorsen ready to turn to WVU’s redshirt reinforcements down stretch

A handful of players who have yet to suit up this season are expected to play for West Virginia in the final month.