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INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The basketball season tips off in the Kanawha Valley this Friday with a growing tradition in the Earl Lloyd Classic at West Virginia State University.
The weekend of hoops recognizes State alum Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to appear in an NBA game. Yellowjackets head men’s basketball coach Bryan Poore said Lloyd was both a spectacular player and a tremendous friend.
“He was just a special human being, more so than just being a special human being. He was a diamond. I

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Schools across West Virginia are requesting more than a quarter of a billion dollars in state funds for school safety improvements during the 2025-26 school year.
That figure was revealed on Wednesday at the West Virginia Board of Education’s meeting with the presentation of the 2024-25 West Virginia School Safety and Security Report.
“Local counties spent $40,709,676 last year, and then we are requesting $252 million moving forward,” School Facilities Director Micah Whitlow

West Virginia schools have lost 2.5% of their students in the past year, state Superintendent Michele Blatt said today.
The state’s student enrollment is now 234,957 students, Blatt said during a state Board of Education meeting.
The ongoing loss of student population has been a major factor in a wave of school closures across the state.
Within the past week, the Roane County Board of Education voted to close two elementary/middle schools and consolidate students into other nearby schools.
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