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WVU defense finding it difficult to prepare for Coastal Carolina

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MORGANTOWN — Coastal Carolina will look a lot different from last year, or even in the years past. The Chanticleers fired head coach Tim Beck and hired Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard. Beard is one of the youngest coaches in college football and is known for taking Missouri State from the FCS to FBS and then to a bowl game in its first year. Now, at Coastal Carolina, like most new coaches in this era of college football, Beard has a big rebuild on his hands. A bunch of players transferred out, a few stayed and a lot transferred in. It’s going to be a new roster to go along ...

Auditor: ‘Hands remain tied’ on $236K water line invoice

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STEUBENVILLE — Auditor E.J. Conn told commissioners again Thursday he cannot and will not pay Border Patrol’s $236,112 invoice for “additional restoration services” associated with the State Route 213 water line relocation, reminding them they still haven’t “cured” the way it was done without a contract, without a purchase order, without an auditor’s certificate that the funding had been appropriated and no vote taken during a public meeting. Until those “foundational defects in the procurement and authorization process” are cured, Conn again told commissioners his ...

CCHS homecoming court

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Contributed Catholic Central High School's 2026 homecoming court includes, from left, front, Tessa Bealieu, Aurelia Hoover, Mara Delaney, Maria Kissinger and Gianna Rook; back, Kolbe Krupp, Tommy Symington, Michael Fabbro, Aiden Hough and Johnny Kostecki. The school's 2026 homecoming weekend ...

JVS fall classes give community chance to learn, create

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BLOOMINGDALE — Registration is underway as adult special interest classes begin for the fall semester at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School. Director Emily Waggoner said a mixture of new and returning options are offered, from trade and industry to special interest courses. Phone registration continues Sept. 3, 8, 9 and 10, while online enrollment is available until Sept. 14. Programs will be available either for free or at a cost, and some may also require supplies. Space is limited. “We have quite a handful of new classes that we are offering this fall. Not only are we ...

Embezzlement suspect waives preliminary hearing in Hancock County

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NEW CUMBERLAND — A man accused of embezzling from a local youth sports organization will be heading to Circuit Court. David Andrew Brown, 54, of Chester, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Hancock County Magistrate Court Thursday morning before Magistrate Steve Svokas. Arrested in ...