After 28 years and 521 wins as a high school volleyball coach, Ron Kidder contemplated stepping away. It would have been an understandable decision. Kidder had just guided the Marietta Tigers to back-to-back district titles in 2023 and 2024 and watched six key players go off to college. He ...

Midway through the third quarter Saturday West Virginia had a 14-3 lead and WVU fans had hope that an upset was in the making. But then in a span of less than 12 minutes of game clock time it appeared to unravel, as Pittsburgh scored two field goals and two touchdowns to take a 24-14 advantage ...

When Neal Brown was let go after the 2024 season most WVU football fans recognized that the first year in the transition to a new coaching staff would have some bumps in the road. But being dominated by a Mid-American Conference football opponent is not what we had in mind. This was beyond ...

I have to say it’s really good to be back at work. Would I prefer to be a rich millionaire and spend my days on a luxury yacht? Perhaps, but I’ve always enjoyed what I do. However, back in May following the Little Kanawha Conference track and field championships at St. Marys I ended up ...

For WVU Mountaineer football fans, the beginning of every season always has an element of uncertainty. Sure, we may have a general idea of whether there are reasons for optimism, but how the year will actually play out always remains in question. In 2025,however, we have graduated from ...

Early last Saturday morning I stood proudly near Third and Juliana streets and watched hundreds of residents set off on an annual migration around Parkersburg. The News and Sentinel Half Marathon and News and Sentinel Two-Mile Race is a tradition for scores of people who live in the area. ...