MORGANTOWN — The morning after has given West Virginians time to sift through the ashes of a Saturday’s demoralizing defeat to Texas Tech to end the 2025 Mountaineer football season; time to reflect on where WVU is after the first year of Rich Rodriguez’s second tenure as coach and one where it may be heading.
A fan looks at it through his or her heart, maybe even taking it more personally than those who play the game, and that makes it more difficult to accept or to understand. Considering that
When leaving a pet during a trip
Dear Heloise: As a professional pet sitter, I have some advice for people who are leaving for a few (or several) days. Your pets will be OK if you remember the following common-sense things to do:
— If your pet is on medication, write out when and how the medication is to be taken. Make sure that there is enough for the whole time you’re gone.
— Write out instructions on when to walk a dog or whether your cat is allowed outside. We’ll need a summary of your pet’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday.
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting near the White House. Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the
Thomas Reon Kline, 90, of Franklin, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, at his home due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
The family will receive friends at the Kimble Funeral Home on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, from 5–7 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at 11 A.M. at the Franklin Presbyterian Church with Pastor Deborah Beam officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Franklin Presbyterian Church, P O Box 486, Franklin, WV 26807 or
(AP) —West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state’s National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country.
U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized after Wednesday afternoon’s shooting.
Both were described as selfless and dedicated, and had been deployed to Washington as part of a initiative to bolster public safety in the nation’s
West Virginia’s not playing for anything this Saturday. There’s no Big 12 Championship appearance at stake. That ended after WVU’s five-game losing streak against conference opponents in September and October. Then, just a couple of games later, WVU’s bowl game hopes were still alive, and that ended with a loss to Arizona State, losing its seventh game of the season.
There are a lot of Big 12 teams that are playing for something this weekend. The Mountaineers’ opponent, Texas Tech, is one of
CHARLESTON – With one member of the West Virginia National Guard dead and another in critical condition following a shooting the day before Thanksgiving, Gov. Patrick Morrisey called for a moment of prayer for the surviving Guard member and the families of both.
Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito called for the maximum federal penalty for the suspected shooter, an Afghan national recently granted asylum in the U.S., which could mean the death penalty if convicted.
Morrisey issued an
Tabitha Dawn Villarico, 54, a rural mail carrier for the United State Post Office in Beverly, West Virginia and resident of Mill Creek, West Virginia passed from this life on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 at 9:36 a.m. at Mon General in Morgantown, West Virginia surrounded by loved ones.
Tabitha is survived by her spouse, Carlito “Billy” Lizares Villarico; her children, Derrick Lizares Villarico, Brandon Owens Villarico, Kimberly Owens Rachel and Jovanah Owens Villarico; her grandchildren, Kitana and
ELKINS — Multiple local stores and companies will be offering deals and savings tomorrow during the 2025 Small Business Saturday festivities.
Small Business Saturday celebrates the integral role of local small businesses in the city and across the country.
Founded in 2010, Small Business Saturday is considered an important part of small businesses’ busiest shopping season. The day was created to celebrate and support small businesses, as well as all they do for their communities.
Serendipity
People are turning to socialism. Two-thirds of Americans ages 18-29 hold a “favorable view” of it.
New York just elected a “proud socialist” mayor. My video explains why his ideas would make things worse.
Of course they would! Socialism has never worked. Anywhere!
Yet Seattle too just elected a socialist mayor.
“Let’s give socialism a chance,” said a student writing in The Student Life, a college newspaper.
Americans should know we already gave socialism a chance. The only reason we get to
