HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Students, staff, alumni and community members are getting the opportunity to come out and help support Marshall University.
Marshall University President Brad Smith
The fourth annual Community Cares Week: Giving Back to the Herd kicked off May 20th with landscaping work on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Wednesday, they held landscaping opportunities for kids and a cleaning inside the Memorial Student Center.
MU’s President Brad Smith says that it’s an opportunity for everyone

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As summer vastly approaches and as more people plan to spend time outdoors, it’s important to keep one thing in mind– the rise in tickborne illnesses.
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the Bureau for Public Health reports that while Lyme Disease remains the most common tickborne illness in the Mountain State, there has also been a significant increase in Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis.
Shannon McBee
State Epidemiologist Shannon McBee told MetroNews that

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –With unpredictable weather conditions on day three of the USA Cycling Nationals four more cyclists were able to secure national titles during the time trials Wednesday.
The second day kicked off with the Men and Women’s U23 and Elite cyclists. The day started with sunshine for the women’s races however for the men’s elite cyclists they were met with rain showers throughout their run.
Cole Kessler, Artem Schmidt, Chloe Patrick and Emily Ehrlich were named the winners at the

Story by Luke Wiggs
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — To the backdrop of Hedgesville Middle School, Gov. Patrick Morrisey ceremonially signed a bill into law Wednesday aimed at helping veterans, students and empty classrooms.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey
Troops-to-teachers is a nationwide program that helps service members and veterans navigate the teacher certification process and allows them to get classroom experience while they complete necessary requirements to become employed as K-12 teachers.
“We know that

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A Harrison County parent has filed a petition seeking to expand the state championship field for part of the state track meet.
Matthew McCullough hopes a 17th qualifier will be approved for the girls discuss throw now that transgender Bridgeport High School student Becky Pepper-Jackson has qualified. Pepper-Jackson, a biological boy who has identified as a girl since third grade and has taken puberty-blocking medication, secured spots in both the AAA discus and shot put
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State Senator Tom Willis is preparing a campaign for U.S. Senate.
Tom Willis
“This isn’t our big launch. We’re kind of just doing a soft launch right now. We’re focused on our infrastructure,” Willis, a Republican from Berkeley County, told reporter Luke Wiggs of WEPM Radio.
“We’re in it. We’re in it to win, and all the way to next year.”
A political organization called “Tom Willis Victory” has filed official documentation with the Federal Election Commission.
Shelley Moore Capito
The next

CLENDENIN, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge sentenced a Clendenin man to the maximum of six additional years in prison after a previously guilty plea in the attack of a former girlfriend.
William Heath
William Heath, 44, was sentenced Thursday to 1to 5 years after pleading guilty in April to strangulation and one year for a guilty plea for the violation of a protective order.
The attack took place at a residence on Main Street in Elkview last August.
Health asked Kanawha County Circuit

RICHWOOD, W.Va. — The class of 2025 will be the last in Richwood forced to spend their entire secondary school experience in a temporary, portable classroom. It’s been nine years since the flood of 2016 devastated the Nicholas County community and wiped out the local schools. Since that time, Richwood students have been attending class in the portables and waiting anxiously for the day when they could finally walk into an actual school building again.
For this year’s seniors, that day never