The Latest Breaking News from West Virginia

Bob Huggins should have been fired, but West Virginia chose cowardice instead

The issue with Bob Huggins is just as much about what he said as *how* he said it.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 11, 2023

West Virginia Evidently Thinks Bob Huggins Is Above Significant Punishment

In deciding to retain and moderately penalize its Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach in the wake of scandal, West Virginia made its pecking order clear.

Sports Illustrated · May 10, 2023

From Kali to Mary to Neopagan goddesses, religions revere motherhood in sometimes unexpected ways

As we approach Mother’s Day, many groups will hold special events or services to celebrate the holiday. In the United States, Mother’s Day was originally founded in 1908 at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia and became a nationally recognized holiday in 1914. The mid-May date spread around the…

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

Watch: Man unlocking dumpster gets the shock of his life

A school principal in West Virginia was unlocking a dumpster outside the school when the lid suddenly popped open like a Jack in the Box.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 8, 2023

WV candidates still fighting over 2020; voters, not so much

Some Republican officeholders in West Virginia are already revving up campaigns for governor in 2024

The Independent UK · May 6, 2023

West Virginia settles with Kroger, opioid money now tops $1B

West Virginia has settled with Kroger for $68 million over its role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers into the U.S. state that has lost more lives to opioid overdoses per capita than any other

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

‘A complete surprise’: Bear scares principal by jumping out of bin at US school

‘It was not how I planned to start my week at all!’ said James Marsh, principal at Zela Elementary School in West Virginia.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the roaring wake-up call when it emerged from a dumpster outside an elementary school

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Official: No life-threatening injuries in press box collapse

Authorities say the partial collapse of a press box at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia sent nine people to a hospital, but none of the injuries is reported to be life-threatening

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023

Six children rushed to hospital after school building collapses during sports game

Six students and three adults were injured at the Wayne High School Softball field in Wayne, West Virginia, when the press box partially collapsed injuring those inside and those standing beneath it

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2023