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Former West Virginia LB Josiah Trotter, son of former NFL star, signs with Missouri

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December 16, 2024

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Former West Virginia LB Josiah Trotter, son of former NFL star, signs with Missouri

Josiah Trotter is heading to the Southeastern Conference.

On Monday, the former West Virginia linebacker and son of former NFL linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Sr. announced he’s transfering to Missouri and coach Eliah Drinkwitz. ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported Trotter’s decision to join the Tigers.

“I’m home Mizzou,” Josiah Trotter wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after posting a photo of him in a Missouri jersey.

Thamel reported that Drinkwitz and Missouri beat out Washington in the sweepstakes for Josiah Trotter. He entered the transfer portal on Dec. 4, three days after the Mountaineers fired Neil Brown and eight days before hiring his successor in former West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez.

247Sports listed Trotter as the No. 5 linebacker in the transfer portal.

After redshirting his true freshman year rehabbing from a lower-leg injury that he sustained in spring practice, the 6-foot-2 linebacker had a breakout season for the Mountaineers this year. In 12 games this season, Josiah Trotter finished with 93 total tackles (four for a loss), two broken-up passes, an interception and half a sack en route to winning the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year — which marked a first in program history.

He finished with 10 or more tackles in four games this season for the Mountaineers against Penn State, Kansas, Iowa State and Cincinnati.

Josiah Trotter is the younger brother of former Clemson linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr., who was selected in the third round of the NFL draft in April by the Philadelphia Eagles. He is the fourth player in the transfer portal to commit to Missouri this offseason, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Calum McAndrew.

Josiah Trotter 247Sports ranking

As prospect: Three-star recruit | No. 44 ranked linebacker | No. 9 prospect in Pennsylvania
As transfer: Three-star recruit | No. 5 ranked linebacker

Josiah Trotter was ranked as a three-star recruit and the No. 5 linebacker in the transfer portal, according to 247Sports. He received similar rankings out of high school at St. Joe’s Prep by 247Sports’ Composite rankings, which had him as a three-star recruit and the No. 44 linebacker in the 2023 recruiting class.

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Flags at half-staff in Virginia to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson

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March 7, 2026

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Flags at half-staff in Virginia to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Flags are flying at half-staff in Virginia on Saturday in honor of the life of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

Governor Abigail Spanberger ordered that the flags be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth in honor of Jackson. The civil rights leader died on Tuesday. He was 84.

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“We honor his decades of service as a minister, community leader, and international civil rights leader,” Spanberger wrote in the order.

The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset.

Jackson’s family confirmed he died at home, surrounded by family. He was battling the neurodegenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).

He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Lavinia Brown, and their five children: Santita Jackson, former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), Jonathan Luther Jackson, Yusef DuBois Jackson, Esq., and Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson, Jr.

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Jackson was known as a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and helped lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

Jackson was with King during his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis in 1968.

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Northern Virginia security company helps evacuate nearly 4,000 amid Iran war

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March 7, 2026

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Northern Virginia security company helps evacuate nearly 4,000 amid Iran war

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — As the war in Iran stretches toward a week, evacuations out of the region continue, including efforts coordinated by a Northern Virginia-based security company that has helped move nearly 4,000 people out of the Middle East.

Global Guardian has assisted people in evacuating at least 15 countries through a combination of charter and commercial flights, according to Colin O’Brien, the company’s deputy vice president of operations. Most of them are Americans, he said.

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“The primary objective is to get them out of the Middle East, to move them to places where they have freedom of movement, where there are pre-existing commercial airline options — so places like Western Europe, Turkey, Cairo, where I have major functioning international airports that have yet to be affected by this crisis,” O’Brien explained. “And then from there, we can take our time. We can get the right plane ticket, and we can send them home.”

Meanwhile, airports, including Dulles, are experiencing some flight cancellations and delays from the Middle East.

7News was at baggage claim as people returned to America, greeting loved ones with hugs.

One man who wished to remain anonymous spoke with 7News while waiting for his daughter and grandchildren to return from the Middle East, where his son-in-law is stationed in the military.

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He said he is grateful to have them home, but it’s bittersweet because his son-in-law is still over there amid the conflict.

A woman who arrived Thursday afternoon told 7News she’s grateful to be away from potential danger but feels sorry for those who can’t leave.

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