The West Warwick Police Department warned residents of the black bear’s presence in a social media post, stating that it was seen in neighborhoods off of Fairview Avenue and Wakefield Street.

BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack visited Wellsburg on Wednesday to promote a new state initiative aimed at ensuring taxpayers are accurately assessed on their ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — A series of bear ... reports of black bears, which are typically young males who have been pushed out of their home environment — typically from West Virginia, some ...

Pittsburgh and Penn State went 15 years without a matchup before they held a four-game series from 2016-19. The Panthers and West Virginia put the Backyard Brawl on pause when they left the Big ...

PARKERSBURG — A black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on U.S. 50 as the state ... West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Parkersburg office. Runyon said the person who hits the ...

Michael John Drake with his state-record blue catfish in 2023. Note the black spot on the fish’s left side. Photograph courtesy West Virginia DNR. Conner also believes “Spotty” is about 20 years old, ...

OCALA, Fla. -- Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years could happen in December. Regulators are meeting this week in Ocala to finalize the plan. Local animal advocate Laurie Hood is traveling ...

A West Virginia angler just broke a fish record in the Mountain State. Jerry Porter of Harts, West Virginia, caught a black crappie while fishing at East Lynn Lake in Wayne County. Porter reeled ...

A record-breaking 17.7-inch black crappie caught by Jerry Porter at East Lynn Lake highlights West Virginia's third fish record of 2025. The freshwater fish weighed 3.6 pounds.

WHEELING, W.Va. — Once rare in many parts of West Virginia, black bears are now found in all counties, and officials are reminding residents that interactions increase in spring, when care should be ...

Ohio State and West Virginia will play at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland for the second time in three years. The Buckeyes and Mountaineers previously played in Cleveland in 2019 and 2023.

A black crappie weighing nearly 4 pounds was caught in West Virginia, breaking the state's weight record, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said on Monday. Jerry Porter — of Harts ...