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UCF vs. West Virginia Oct. 18: TV, Stream
The UCF Knights (3-3) and the West Virginia Mountaineers (2-4) square off on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at FBC Mortgage Stadium in a battle of Big 12 foes. Watch college football live without cable. Stream ACC, SEC, ESPN and more with Fubo. What...

West Virginia picked 11th in Big 12 preseason poll
Voters selected West Virginia’s men’s basketball team 11th in the Big 12 preseason poll, which was released Thursday. The Mountaineers finished 19-13 overall last season and 10-10 in the Big 12. They lost to Colorado in the first round of the Big...

First Big 12 win up for grabs when Mountaineers meet Central Florida
West Virginia and Central Florida likely wish the first half of their respective seasons didn’t play out in similar fashion to each other, but such is the case as a pair of struggling teams get set to square off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Acrisure...
Hilltoppers Gear Up for Showdown with West Virginia Wesleyan
The West Liberty University football team aims to maintain momentum after a noteworthy bye week, heading into a crucial away game against West Virginia Wesleyan. Following their impressive 47-point comeback victory two weeks ago, they are looking...

GOP senators want to end SNAP benefits for junk food
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) and Office of State Inspector General (OSIG) announces the launch of a new electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card security feature to protect Pennsylvanians who receive Supplemental Nutrition...

WVU’s defense being torched by big plays, has a lot to fix
On UCF’s opening drive of the game Saturday, Knights quarterback Tayven Jackson stepped up and hit a wide-open Chris Domercant for a 40-yard touchdown. West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez was shaking his head. The next drive, Jackson found Domercant...
West Virginia has an innovative plan for retiring oil and gas wells
West Virginia is launching a first-of-its-kind fund to address abandoned oil and gas wells without burdening taxpayers, The Wall Street Journal writes. The Mountain State Plugging Fund, seeded with $70 million from Diversified Energy, aims to...


Best College Football Bets and +595 Week 8 Parlay For Today: Holy War!
It’s already Week 8, and rivalry games are coming hot and heavy — including the aptly named Third Saturday in October between Alabama and Tennessee.My college football best bets focus on the Holy War out in Provo, and the rivalry Diego Pavia seems...
The Sports Report: UCLA’s amazing turnaround continues, but USC loses to Notre Dame
From Ben Bolch: Tim Skipper took a deep breath. What else could he do? His quarterback had just clutched his right knee and needed assistance to make it off the field with a little more than two minutes left in a taut game in which his team...

State of West Virginia unveils $70M fund for oi…
West Virginia’s governor and a state energy producer came together Thursday and announced a major agreement to establish the nation’s first financial assurance fund dedicated to retiring oil and gas wells. Gov. Patrick Morrisey, in partnership...

Governor announces initiative to prevent future orphaned wells in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells are prominent in West Virginia, but the governor is making moves to prevent them in the future. People like David Bentley who lived near one in the Rutledge area of Kanawha County...

Benson floats lofty goals in WVU address
Photo by Ron Rittenhouse/ WVU President Michael Benson gives his first State of the University address Monday afternoon. MORGANTOWN — In his first 13 weeks or so in office, WVU President Michael Benson has traveled miles of winding, country roads...

Sports on TV, radio: Oct. 18-20, 2025
• Formula 1: Sprint Race, 11:55 a.m., ESPNEWS • NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, 12:30 p.m., TRUTV • NASCAR Xfinity Series: The United Rentals 250, Playoffs - Round of 8, 3 p.m., CW • Formula 1: Qualifying, 3;55 p.m., ESPNEWS • LSU at Vanderbilt, 11...

Interagency group targets Trump’s ‘deep state’ foes with federal power
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

West Virginians join other advocates in D.C. to rally for silica rule enforcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCHS) — Several West Virginia groups made the trip to Washington D.C. on Tuesday to rally outside of the U.S. Department of Labor over the silica rule that has still not been enforced. This is a rule that would place regulations...

Sports on TV: Saturday, Oct. 18
ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit of the Americas, Del Valle, Texas TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The United Rentals 250, Playoffs — Round of 8, Talladega...

Interagency group ‘steering’ retribution against Trump’s ‘deep state’ rivals have discussed Anthony Fauci, Hunter Biden and January 6th investigators, report claims
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Three West Virginia resorts ranked among best in U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Top travel destinations in West Virginia are once again receiving national recognition, with three of the state’s premier resorts named to Condé Nast Traveler’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. Advertisement The Greenbrier,...

Jayhawks battle to a draw against No. 24 West Virginia
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas soccer team finished Thursday evening with a 2-2 draw against No. 24 West Virginia at Rock Chalk Park. The Jayhawks moved to 9-3-3 (3-3-1 in Big 12 play) this season and Kansas is now 5-2-2 at home. No. 24 West...