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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The 2025 season concludes for West Virginia on Saturday afternoon in the form of a matchup with seventh-ranked Texas Tech, which is No. 5 in the latest College Football Playoff Ratings and will play for a Big 12 Conference Championship next weekend against BYU in Arlington, Texas.
The Mountaineers (4-7, 2-6) have been competitive in four straight games, two of which have been wins, but they enter this contest their biggest underdog all season at 23 points.
Texas Tech (10-1,
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Following the death of 20-year-old West Virginia National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, the federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia said the suspect now will face charges upgraded to first-degree murder.
Meanwhile, West Virginia is honoring Beckstrom’s memory.
“My baby girl has passed to Glory,” her father, Gary Beckstrom, posted on social media.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a formal proclamation requesting that all West Virginians observe a statewide moment of silence or prayer at 2:15
by WV MetroNewsWest Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died after being shot while on duty in Washington, D.C., Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
“This is not the result we hoped for, but it is the result we all feared,” Morrisey said in a statement issued by the Governor’s Office.
Beckstrom is from Summersville and was assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Virginia Army National Guard. She entered service on June 26, 2023.
“Sarah served with courage,
by WV MetroNewsSarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, were identified as the two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro identified the two at a news conference Thursday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Entering this holiday cycle, about 160 members of the West Virginia National Guard have volunteered to remain in Washington, D.C., for support and patrols around the city.
Some of the West Virginia National Guard members there helped set up for a Thanksgiving meal through Joint Task Force-District of Columbia, the collaborative unit focused on public safety and cleanliness in the nation’s capital.
Other members of the West Virginia National Guard still on duty in the District of Columbia
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