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WVU Tech opens students up to the world of forensics
By KABREA JAMES The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — More than 50 middle and high school students were invited to WVU Tech’s Forensic Investigation Summer Camp to explore different areas of forensic study on Monday. During the four-day camp, students will expand their knowledge of evidence, courtroom proceedings, pathology and more. Kassidi[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, June 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT A HOUSE RESOLUTION WOULD DO A resolution being voted on in the House would make[Read More…]
New West Virginia Sunday alcohol law takes effect
By ERIC HRIN Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — At the Sports Grill Lounge Sunday in Fairmont, no one took advantage of a new law permitting certain types of businesses to serve alcohol to customers on Sundays as early as 10 a.m. statewide. “I didn’t have nobody come in until[Read More…]
Parishioners at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling say Bransfield scandal does not rattle their faith in God
By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston on Saturday said they are focusing their energy on their faith and the church, not on their former leader, Michael Bransfield. Bransfield, who served as bishop of the diocese for 13 years[Read More…]
West Virginia 4-year college tuition increasing an average of 2.4 percent
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Average annual tuition among the state’s four-year public colleges for undergraduate West Virginians is increasing about $180, or 2.4 percent, in the upcoming academic year, according to the state Higher Education Policy Commission. That’s compared to the $300, or 4.2 percent, increase seen[Read More…]
WVU robotics team on top again, wins second NASA competition in 3 years
WVU Today It wasn’t certain until the very end that WVU’s Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System III, led by Powsiri Klinkhachorn, was going to pull out the victory over teams from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech or Northeastern University, the 2018 winner. “Our students can compete with[Read More…]
New ACL surgery at Marshall Health could cut time, pain for recovering athletes
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch TEAYS VALLEY, W.Va. — No single sinew in the human body is more notorious in the sports world — with the power to end an athlete’s season in an instant — than the anterior cruciate ligament, commonly known as the ACL. When that little strip[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival to be held June 21-23 in Parkersburg
By WAYNE TOWNER The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The 2019 Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival will feature three days of food, entertainment, vendors and other attractions June 21-23 at City Park in Parkersburg. Admission is free all weekend with hours from 6-10 p.m. June 21, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.[Read More…]
