Benny Joe Snyder Sr., 84, a resident of Harman, West Virginia, departed this life Friday evening, May 2, 2025, at the Mountain Living Community at Belington, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Mountain Hospice. He had been in declining health for the past two months.
The family will receive friends at the United Apostolic Pentecostal Church at Whitmer from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Final Rites will be conducted from the Church, Friday, May 9, 2025, at 1 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.
The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service and could lead to the expulsion of experienced, decorated officers.
The court’s three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold. Neither the justices in the majority or dissent
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FRANKLIN — Jacob Wamsley allowed just two hits over six innings and Jaxon Drennen hit a two-run homer as Tygarts Valley blanked regional foe Pendleton County, 5-0, on Tuesday.
Wamsley struck out nine and walked four before giving way to Ian Harris, who worked a hitless seventh inning.
The Bulldogs scored twice in the second inning as Austin Gear had an RBI single and Ian Harris scored another on a groundout.
Drennen hit his homer in sixth and Austin Wilson added a run-producing single.
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ELKINS — The Randolph County Board of Education recently announced the county’s Teacher and Service Staff Employees of the Year.
Samantha Phipps, who is a World Language teacher at Elkins High School, was selected as the county’s top teacher for this past school year. Brian Paugh, a custodian at Jennings Randolph Elementary School, was recognized as the best service employee in the county.
Elkins High School Principal Carla Lambert said that Phipps, who teaches Spanish 1 through 5 at the
PARKERSBURG — The WVSSAC Board of Directors announced Tuesday the appointment of Wayne Ryan as its next Executive Director. Ryan will assume the position on July 1, 2025, following the retirement of current Executive Director David Price.
“I appreciate the board of directors’ confidence in me,” Ryan said. “It is an honor to serve in this position, and I am humbled by this opportunity. I am looking forward to working with the board and all stakeholders to continue to serve our student-athletes
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CHARLESTON — An Elkins project was honored, and an Elkins student received a scholarship, during an awards dinner Saturday.
The American Institute of Architects West Virginia Chapter (AIA WV) proudly recognized outstanding achievements in design, innovation, and community impact at its annual Design Awards Gala and Scholarship Benefit on Saturday, May 3 at the WVSU Capitol Center in downtown Charleston.
This year’s award recipients represent a diverse range of impactful projects that elevate
MORGANTOWN — No matter how much they try to juice up the game of baseball, in the end it is a game of arms.
You can juice the ball or juice the hitters, but baseball championships are decided by guys named Gibson and Koufax and Seaver and Palmer.
That’s why they stand on a hill in the middle of the field.
Doesn’t matter where you play, doesn’t matter or what your age is. That never changes and so it has been proven once again at West Virginia, where the Mountaineers were looking peril in the eye
MORGANTOWN — In the heart of West Virginia University, a new chapter in tech innovation is unfolding — one driven by sensors, algorithms and limitless imagination.
The robotics program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is more than a collection of high-tech labs and cutting-edge machines — it’s a dynamic ecosystem where aspiring engineers design, build and program the next generation of intelligent systems.
Whether they’re crafting autonomous drones,
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S.
In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100% tariff “on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”
“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” he wrote, complaining that other countries “are offering
MILL CREEK — A Randolph County man is behind bars and accused of intentionally harming two pets.
Dustin Aaron Currence, 30, of Mill Creek, has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty, both misdemeanors. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $2,500 cash-only bond, set by Magistrate Ben Shepler.
According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Cpl. S.D. Kyle of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the officer was dispatched to a home on the Adolph Road on Saturday
