Latest West Virginia News

Star guard Tucker DeVries is transferring from Drake to join his dad at West Virginia

Mar. 28, 2024 15:04 PM EDT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — New West Virginia coach Darian DeVries brought some reinforcements from Drake. Tucker DeVries sat in the front row for his father's introductory news conference Thursday as Darian announced that his son, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the...

West Virginia bill adding work search to unemployment, freezing benefits made law without signature

Mar. 28, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's unemployed people will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new law that will take effect later this year. A controversial bill passed by the GOP-majority Legislature on the final day of the...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Mar. 28, 2024 07:13 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 26, 2024. Editorial: Will everything ‘work out’ as Justice claims? Cataloguing the list of serious problems confronting the state of West Virginia is an arduous and gloomy task. The same goes for compiling and examining Gov. Jim...

West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies

Mar. 27, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S....

West Virginia animal shelter pleads for help fostering dogs after truck crashes into building

Mar. 27, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter put out an urgent plea for people to foster its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building Wednesday, shelter officials said. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association said on Facebook that a rental truck struck the...

NCAA President Charlie Baker urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes

Mar. 27, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

In the midst of March Madness, the NCAA is pushing for states with legal wagering on sporting events to ban prop bets on college athletes. “Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to...

2 high school wrestling team members in West Virginia are charged with sexual assault

Mar. 27, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia minors are facing sexual assault and other charges following an alleged incident at a hotel involving members of a high school wrestling team, authorities say. Raleigh County Sheriff James Canaday said the perpetrators are each facing two...

Clark scores 32 as top seed Iowa holds on to beat West Virginia 64-54

Mar. 25, 2024 23:46 PM EDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark circled her home court one final time, making a heart-shaped symbol with her hands as the sellout crowd cheered. Iowa's superstar guard scored 32 points to help the No. 1 seed survive one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat...

US appeals court finds for Donald Trump Jr. in defamation suit by ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship

Mar. 25, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court rejected a bid Monday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, left in place a lower court's...

College baseball notebook: Oregon State's Travis Bazzana homers leading off 4 straight games

Mar. 25, 2024 13:06 PM EDT

Travis Bazzana has been the ultimate leadoff man lately. The Oregon State star will enter this week's road series against Southern California having opened the last four games with home runs. The Australian second baseman has 14 homers, ranking third in the nation and...