Volunteer firefighters train with burn trailer
Brian Grieco, a WVU Fire Service Extension Rescue adjunct instructor, tells volunteer firefighters-in-training at Harts Volunteer Fire Department what they did correctly and what they need to ...
View ArticleStudents benefit from drilling classes
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va -- West Virginia Northern Community College says at least one-third of the students who took December training classes are now working in the oil and gas industry. New ...
View ArticleGas prices hit a record high
At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 by late April. The surge in gas prices follows an increase in the price of oil. Higher ...
View ArticleBaseball. Marshall Baseball Routs Bryant 16-2 to Split Saturday Series
Final Stats - Bryant CARY, N.C. -- The Marshall baseball team scored early and scored often in Saturday's second game at the USA Baseball Complex to improve to 1-2 on the season and pick up ...
View ArticleSoftball. Softball Breaks Out The Bats in a 9-4 Win
Final Stats MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - Marshall would score nine runs in a 9-4 comeback win over Morehead State in the night cap of the College of Charleston Cougar Classic. The game would be called ...
View ArticleStorm to bring snow to parts of South
ATLANTA (AP) -- Forecasters say wintry weather will be bringing snow to parts of the Southeast this holiday weekend after what has so far been a mild ...
View ArticleRace Season Is Here; Early Birds Offered New Incentive
WHEELING - For the first time, there will be advantages to jumping on board early for the Ogden Half Marathon Classic slated for Memorial Day weekend. Runners and walkers seeking to register for ...
View ArticleBlue Devils Have new Home; State-of-the-Art School Open
BEALLSVILLE After more than 80 years in the center of Beallsville, the Blue Devils move into a new, state-of-the-art home on Tuesday. Just east of the village off Ohio 556 stands a two-story ...
View ArticleSearch on for Missing Father; Daughter Relentless in 30-Year Odyssey
VALLEY GROVE - Julie Wurtzbacher has not seen her father for 30 years, and she wants to find him - dead or alive. The mysterious case of Leon Moncer began on Feb. 18, 1982 when he went missing from ...
View ArticleConference On Shale Set
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - West Virginia's renowned Greenbrier Resort will host the Marcellus and Utica Shale Conference and Expo in April, a development Corky DeMarco believes showcases ...
View ArticleDriller, Professor At Odds; Air Emissions Are Questioned
TRIADELPHIA - As is the case with coal-fired power plants, steel mills and vehicles that burn gasoline, natural gas drilling operations release some emissions into the atmosphere that federal ...
View ArticleA little gymnastics goes a long way
During a visit to Maverick Gymnastics, Bob Griffith, 77, reminisces about his early years as a touring gymnast with the Wheeling-based All-American Boys. The troupe performed in Canada and the U.S., ...
View ArticlePhysical education required by law
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- National physical education groups and health professionals recommend at least five half-hour sessions of physical education a week for elementary kids and 225 minutes a week ...
View ArticleCouch potatoes cost millions
Active W.Va. residents outnumber couch potatoes (slightly) CHARLESTON, W.Va -- Couch potatoes cost West Virginians millions every year, West Virginia University School of Medicine professor ...
View Articleactive kids do better academically
The Shape We're In PARKERSBURG -- In 2005, Wood County school nurse Karen Northrup wanted to show that a child performs better academically if that child is physically fit. "There ...
View ArticleDaily activity affordable, Department of Education says
"I can hire somebody to run good physical activity sessions for half of what I pay a good P.E. teacher." -- Don Chapman, assistant director, state Office of Healthy ...
View ArticleGet kids moving however we can
As part of the state push to increase physical activity, Webster County high school seniors taught active games to kindergartners at Diana Elementary. Senior Levi Stout (left), who wants to be a ...
View ArticleFor healthy meals, a chicken comes first
Healthy-eating advocate and cooking instructor April Hamilton presents a plate of Asian chicken lettuce cups and alphabet soup, both made from chicken left over from her family's Sunday ...
View ArticleWrong thing, right reason
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I did something stupid the other day. In a lifetime of stupid things, you'd think I'd have become hardened against yet another occurrence, but this one keeps gnawing ...
View ArticleNiagara-on-the-Lake is not to be missed
Tourists brave opening day on the bow of the Maid of the Mist at the base of Niagara Falls' Horseshoe Falls. Niagara Falls dominates the local tourist trade, but the pretty town of ...
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