CHARLESTON - Succumbing to pressure and the growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced several executive orders Friday to help slow the spread of the virus, including a tighter mask requirement.
"You have to realize that we are the oldest state, the state ...
WHEELING — Bryan Morseman loves to run. He wouldn’t enter so many marathons and half marathons if he didn’t.
But more than his love of running is the love of his young son, Leeim.
Leeim was born with spina bifida, a birth defect where there is incomplete closing of the backbone and ...
WHEELING — Aimee Vavrek finished sixth overall in last year’s Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic. All she wanted to do Saturday was improve upon that finish.
The Bellaire resident certainly did that as she was the first female to break the tape during the 42nd annual event Saturday ...
WHEELING — For Johnny “The Hyperactive Hillbilly” Haught, Saturday morning’s 42nd annual Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic wasn’t about what time he crossed the finish line, it was about giving back.
The former professional boxer, kickboxer and cage fighter ran the 13.1-mile ...
WHEELING — They might be small, but they’re also mighty.
The Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic’s smallest — and cutest — racers took to Water Street on Saturday for the annual Ogden Tiny Tot Trot.
The non-competive race is a 100-yard-dash for children 5 years old and younger. ...
WHEELING — John Palmer is a running aficionado of 40 years who got his start in Wheeling and returned for the latest half marathon, where he finished third in his age group of 70 to 74 years old, at a time of 2:33:17.
Palmer, of Charleston, remembers his first race, when he ran in the second ...