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01/26/2025

The Air Force, like other branches, has recently tried to broaden the number of people they reach to consider military careers like aviation that historically have had few minority service members in their ranks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the female World War II pilots who were vit…

01/26/2025

“American Primeval”, which started streaming on Netflix earlier this month, follows a group of LDS pioneers trying to survive the American frontier during the Utah War of 1857.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a statement calling the recent streaming series “American Primeval” “dangerously misleading” and says it mischar…

01/26/2025

Kendrick Lamar is bringing at least one guest to the Big Easy for this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Apple Music released a teaser trailer on Thursday showing the Compton native on the gridiron, assessing the field before the big game while he’s talking to someone on the phone.

01/26/2025

The free-to-attend event had a handful of speakers that covered topics like regiments that fought during the war and how specific towns factored into the war.

The Clarksburg History Museum took people back to the most tumultuous time in United States history during its Civil War symposium held Saturday afternoon.

01/26/2025

Different challenges include fire building, first aid, cooking, tying lashes, wood chopping and others, with more than a dozen different activities in total.

Around 80 scouts are honing their winter survival skills this weekend at their Klondike Derby event in Doddridge County Park.

01/25/2025

The Mountaineers filled the top of the leaderboard, claiming the top seven spots in a field of 25.

No. 1 West Virginia University rifle matched a program record in air rifle on its way to defeating No. 11 Ohio State and No. 17 Morehead State on Saturday morning inside Converse Hall in Columbus. …

01/25/2025

On this cold and early Saturday morning, around 40 people came together to retire the 6,680 wreaths that were placed in at the West Virginia National Cemetery in December by Wreaths Across America.

For more information on Wreaths Across America, you can go here.

01/25/2025

Multiple crews responded to a gas well fire in Lewis County off of Gooseman and Kincheloe Road Saturday afternoon.

A 12 News reporter at the scene captured photos of smoke rising from the fire.

01/25/2025

Pig organ transplants so far have been “compassionate use” cases, experiments the Food and Drug Administration allows only in special circumstances for people out of other options.

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m s…

01/25/2025

WBOY is bringing joy to all ages! 12 News viewer Jerry Riffle's son was very excited to see that his school would be closed due to weather earlier this week.
You can keep up with school closings on the Snowbird School Closings page here: https://trib.al/jXemHiz

01/25/2025

The cause of the fire is not yet known, and an investigator for the family’s insurance company was planning to return after the temperatures started to warm up.

Bitter cold temperatures closed schools in a Stark County community on Wednesday, so it was a day off for Todd Morris as well.

01/25/2025

The 16 winners were chosen from a list of more than 320 finalists, according to the WVDNR.

The winners were announced at the opening ceremony of the 2025 West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, according to the WVDNR.

01/25/2025

The new rules are listed among over a half-dozen other “Conduct/Condition” requirements of passengers, lest they potentially be barred from an aircraft or removed from a flight.

Passengers flying on Spirit Airlines can now be removed from a flight if a tattoo or other “body art” is deemed “lewd, obscene, or offensive.”

01/25/2025

STORIES OF THE WEEK: Here are some of the top stories this week on the WBOY 12News page.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Here are some of the top stories this week on the WBOY 12News page. Former West Virginia delegate and Marion County Rescue Squad administrator Michael Angelucci died at…

01/25/2025

The shelter was open between Monday and Thursday, but many members of the community would like to see this become a frequent thing.

In light of frigid temperatures, the Elkins community came together this week to help those who don’t have a place to stay warm by opening a warming shelter that operates day and night.

01/25/2025

Following Michael J. Angelucci's death earlier this week, Gov. Morrisey has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff next week.

Flags will be flown at half-staff this weekend in honor of former West Virginia Delegate and Marion County native Michael J. Angelucci, who passed away earlier this week.

01/25/2025

She said that her grandsons, ages 6 and 11, had been sitting in the drop-down seats just inches from the equipment, which had not been fully secured.

A woman was shocked after she opened the trunk of her rental car to find a police-issued assault rifle.

01/25/2025

Protesters had come to the capital for decades to call for the repeal of Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a constitutional right to an abortion. Now, with the repeal of Roe in 2022, they are now on the inside rather than the outside.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to support anti-abortion-rights protesters in his second term as tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington on Friday for the annual Mar…