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Nedra Talley Ross, Last Surviving Member of 1960s Girl Group the Ronettes, Dies at 80

Music Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving founding member of 1960s girl group the Ronettes, has died. She was 80.A post on the Ronettes’...

‘The Lost Boys’ Broadway Review: Or, Why Frank-N-Furter Gets the Last Laugh

MusicIt’s not great news for your new vampire musical when a half-century-old vampire musical comes off a lot wilder.One of the delights of...

Fans Choose Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Music Skip to main contentThe singer-songwriter's new album brought in 60% of the vote.Noah Kahan Patrick McCormack Trending on BillboardThe Great Divide, the new...

Five Takeaways From Virginia Basketball’s 75-61 Victory Over Georgia Tech

Basketball Virginia (12-12, 5-8 ACC) cruised to its second straight victory on Saturday with a 75-61 win over Georgia Tech (11-13, 5-8 ACC). With...

West Virginia Snags First Commitment of 2026 Football Recruiting Class

While the West Virginia coaching staff has spent a ton of time recruiting out of the transfer portal, they have also been making a lot of progress in future high school recruiting classes. Saturday evening, the effort paid off by picking up their first commitment of the 2026 class in tight end Sam Hamilton (6'4"

Beloved Virginia TV anchor dies at 64 as wife announces passing in heartbreaking statement

Beloved Virginia TV news anchor Mark Spain has died of pancreatic cancer.  The 64-year-old journalist had spent decades anchoring the news at ABC affiliate WSET-TV in Virginia before working in Indianapolis, Cleveland and Jacksonville.  The seasoned newsman was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer on November 27 and began undergoing chemotherapy on December 16, according to his Facebook posts.  However, two

Virginia Sports Betting Hits Record $696M in October

Virginia’s sports betting handle reached a record $696.1 million (£549.3 million/€659.6 million) in October. Despite this, a year-on-year drop in adjusted gross revenue shows that player-friendly NFL outcomes are beginning to impact operators’ performance. October’s handle was 21.8% higher than the $571.4 million wagered in the same month last year in Virginia. According to Virginia

Virginia to get world’s first commercial fusion power plant

An article from Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it will build the multibillion-dollar project in Chesterfield County. Published Jan. 6, 2025 A rendering of Commonwealth Fusion Systems' future fusion power plant at the James River Industrial Park in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Courtesy of Commonwealth Fusion Systems This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you

West Virginia football roster under Rich Rodriguez: Transfer portal, recruiting, staff news by WVU experts

For the second time in his career, Rich Rodriguez has been named head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers. Rodriguez went 60-26 as the head coach at WVU from 2001-2007 before leaving to take the head coaching role at Michigan. Rodriguez spent three seasons in Ann Arbor, six seasons at the University of Arizona

Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘mother’ of NASA’s Landsat program

If you haven’t heard of Virginia Norwood, it’s about time you did. An aerospace pioneer whose career would have been historic even without its undercurrent of triumph over misogynistic discrimination, she invented the Landsat satellite program that monitors the Earth’s surface today. Norwood passed away on March 27th at the age of 96, as reported

WVSports.com West Virginia Football Scholarship Distribution Chart

{{ timeAgo('2023-04-08 10:56:00 -0500') }} football Edit Keenan Cummings • WVSports Managing Editor WVSports.com provides an updated look at where the West Virginia Mountaineers football program is at when it comes to scholarships at each spot on the team.Updated 3/20/2023 WVSports.com 2023 WVU Scholarship Distribution Chart ^=Has an extra year of eligibility remaining. ----------• Talk

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