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Number-six Oklahoma came up with a pair of defensive scores in a wild 59-to-56 win over 12th-ranked WVU to secure a spot in next week’s Big-12 Championship game. WVU quarter back Will Grier threw...

The horses are ready to race again at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in Hancock County. They will get that chance on Sunday. The racing operation has been off-line for the past month after...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says hunters harvested about 13-thousand buck on opening day of the buck firearm season. DNR says that number is down from opening day last year, but the...

Retailers are optimistic about the holiday season. The National Retail Federation projects a 4-point-3 to 4-point-8 percent increase in holiday spending from last year. That means Americans could spend as much as 720-billion-dollars in...

Shoppers braved the cold waiting for stores to open on Black Friday. Some people stood in line for two-and-a-half-hours waiting for stores to open. Nationally, over 160-million people are expected to shop at some...

A Roane County murder suspect is under arrest. Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Smith is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old James Hall. Witnesses heard gunshots and then saw Smith throw something in the...

Police are looking for a shooting suspect in St. Albans. Eighteen-year-old Kenyotta Fairley was shot twice Friday morning. He underwent surgery at a local hospital. Fairley walked outside of his house on High Street...

WVU will host Oklahoma tonight in Morgantown. The winner will go to the conference championship. The Mountaineers will have their work cut out for them. The Sooners have beaten WVU all six times since...

The William Hill Sports Book at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort is now open. It’s the third sports betting location in the state. Wheeling Island Casino and Mardi Gras Casino in Kanawha County are...

The unemployment rate is up in West Virginia. Filings for unemployment compensation went up in 39 of the state’s 55 counties. The state’s overall unemployment rate for October was four-point-six-percent, up one-tenth of one...