SPORTS EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to know better these outstanding young people who ...

West Virginia has spent a boatload of time this offseason retooling its secondary, and it appears they are far from being satisfied. They want to create as much competition as possible so they don ...

West Virginia is an exceptional place to call home, offering a unique blend of natural beauty, affordability and a strong sense of community. Its stunning landscapes, from the rolling Appalachian ...

A house fire in West Virginia is being blamed on a lithium battery-powered golf cart bought just an hour earlier. Fire crews found the cart in flames and smoke pouring from all sides of the home ...

A house fire in West Virginia is being blamed on a lithium battery-powered golf cart that the homeowner had purchased just an hour earlier. (Valley Volunteer Fire Department) A house fire in West ...

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FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Former U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton was arrested and accused of DUI in West Virginia earlier this month, according to court records. Retton, 57, was arrested ...

Retton was arrested on Saturday, May 17, on one count of DUI in Marion County Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a ...