MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Greg Carey and Joe Brocato take a look at the landscape in Class AA as the regular season nears the midway point.
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–A Harper’s Ferry woman has been charged with killing her family after a year long invesitgation
–A Summers County grand jury handed up an incidement charging a man with close to 400 violent foffenses against nearly 60 women
–Governor Morrisey declares yet another state of emergency over a flood
–In Sports the Mountianeers and Thundering Herd prepare for this weekend’s games
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by WV MetroNewsWASHINGTON — Legislation that would expand the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District into three Eastern Panhandle counties will be introduced to Congress.
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va plans to introduce the Shenandoah Valley Access, Legacy, and Outdoor Recreation Act — known as the Shenandoah VALOR Act — that would add Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan counties in West Virginia, along with Rockbridge County in Virginia, to the historic district. The bill also would authorize funding
by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey has declared a State of Emergency in Boone and Lincoln Counties. The overnight declaration followed hours of intense rainfall which caused streams and creeks in those areas to rise.
“Our emergency responders are working to protect West Virginians as flooding continues to impact communities in Boone and Lincoln counties,” Governor Morrisey said in an overnight news release. “I urge everyone in the affected areas to remain alert, avoid flooded
by WV MetroNewsI wrote about West Virginia’s poverty level in last week’s commentary, based on U.S. Census figures. However, those numbers do tell only part of the story of the financial challenges in our state.
The United Way’s ALICE report is more revealing.
ALICE stands for asset limited, income constrained and employed. It’s a measure of those living above the federal poverty level but still struggling to make ends meet.
ALICE is a more real-life view of poverty because it presents a comprehensive look at
by WV MetroNewsHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Witnesses testified about the internet searches made by a Cabell County man charged with murdering his infant daughter during the third day of his criminal trial.
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Shannon Overstreet, 53, of Huntington, is accused of killing his three-month-old child, Angel, in 2021 and disposing her body on a Kentucky farm. He was indicted seven months after his infant daughter went missing in May of that year. He’s charged with death of a child by parent, guardian
by WV MetroNewsMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Several new challenges await Oklahoma State on Saturday night in Morgantown from what the Cowboys have faced over their first three games.
For starters, the Cowboys will make a lengthy trip by way of plane for the first time this season. The team’s only other road game came back on September 5 in a 24-10 season-opening loss at Tulsa, which is only 70 miles from Stillwater. It will be the first game within Big 12 Conference play for both OSU (2-1) and West Virginia (3-0), and
by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s busiest airport is already making plans for its 80th anniversary next year.
The West Virginia International Yeager Airport began offering flights in late 1947, three years after ground was broken on the then-Kanawha Airport. The airport board has its eye on something special to commemorate eight decades of flight.
Dominique Ranieri
Yeager Airport Director and CEO Dominique Ranieri presented a special logo to the board during its Wednesday morning.
“We unveiled
by WV MetroNewsMORRISVALE, W.Va. — Swiftwater rescues are taking place in parts of Boone County after heavy rain that began Wednesday morning and continued into Wednesday afternoon.
The National Weather Service continues to have part of the area under a flash flood warning until 5:30 p.m.
NWS said radar at 2:04 indicated that as much as five inches of rain had fallen in northwestern Boone County and parts of Lincoln County.
The Charleston Fire Department swiftwater rescue team was called in to help with some
by WV MetroNewsCameron and Tucker County have been two of the more successful Class A football programs over the last five years.
The direction the teams take for what remains of the 2026 season could largely be based on the outcome of Friday’s matchup between the No. 8 Dragons and No. 13 Mountain Lions with the squads set to clash at 7 p.m. at R.H. Armstrong Memorial Stadium in Parsons in the MetroNews Television Game of the Week. Pregame coverage starts at 6:30 p.m.
Cameron (2-1) is looking to bounce back
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