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10 things to know: Monday, March 25

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MUELLER’S REPORT COMPLETED, DEBATE CONTINUES The stage is set for new rounds of political and[Read More…]

State trooper indicted for excessive force after alleged beating of 16-year-old

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Berkeley County prosecuting attorney released dashcam footage Thursday of the November police beating of a 16-year-old male in Martinsburg. The daschcam release came one day after a federal grand jury indicted former West Virginia state trooper Michael Kennedy on one charge[Read More…]

Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area has nation’s 8th-highest rate of population decline; Weirton-Steubenville MSA Is 6th

By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — The metropolitan areas that contain much of the Northern Panhandle have two of the nation’s 10 worst rates of population decline, according to recent census data. The Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area — which contains Ohio and Marshall counties in[Read More…]

WVU researchers evaluate impact of local rail-trails

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An effort to expand a multi-use rail-to-trail network throughout the Industrial Heartland is drawing on the expertise and work of faculty at the West Virginia University Health Research Center. In 2016-2017, the Center evaluated the business impact of the Mon River Trails System, a network[Read More…]

WVU Provost McConnell to leave for Colorado State president’s job

The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU provost and vice president for academic affairs Joyce McConnell has been named as the finalist for Colorado State’s president’s job, and will likely leave after more than 24 years at the University. According to CBS Denver, McConnell will become the school’s first female[Read More…]

Morgantown native Cody Clayton Eagle heads to American Idol

By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – When an injury took Cody Clayton Eagle out of sports, he picked up a guitar. Although he could barely walk due to a broken hip, Eagle began learning to play the instrument and even tried singing accompaniment beginning at the age[Read More…]

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