The West Virginia football program has landed a commitment at a position of need with Jacksonville State defensive back transfer Kekoura Tarnue picking the Mountaineers.
Tarnue, 6-foot-1, 195-pounds, selected the Mountaineers over scholarship offers from Washington State, UAB, James Madison, Texas San Antonio, Utah State, Akron and a number of others.
The Liberia native spent only one season with the Gamecocks where he recorded 53 tackles and 3 interceptions to go along with 7 passes defended. He entered the transfer portal in April 16.
During his lone year at Jacksonville State, Tarnue played 628 snaps and graded out strong in coverage permitting just 26 of 45 passes to be completed for 263 yards and zero touchdowns. He is slated to play cat safety for West Virginia.
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Prior to that Tarnue spent two seasons at Rochester Community and Technical College in Minnesota where he recorded 11 interceptions to go along with four interceptions returned for touchdowns.
The defensive back will have one year of eligibility remaining in his career.
Tarnue becomes the sixth transfer addition by West Virginia this off-season in the secondary along with Northwestern cornerback Garnett Hollis, Colorado State cornerback TJ Crandall, Duquesne cornerback Ayden Garnes, Charlotte cornerback Dontez Fagan and Northwestern safety Jaheem Joseph.
WVSports.com will have more with Tarnue in the near future.
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va (WDTV) – Over 100,000 deaths a year in the United States are related to drug overdoses, according to the CDC. In an attempt to lower that number, West Virginia and other states around the country (most east of the Mississippi) took Thursday, September 26th to help make a difference. ‘Free Naloxone Day’ also known as ‘Save a Life Day’ started in Kanawha County, West Virginia in 2020. The yearly event invites volunteers with non-profits to distribute free Narcan/Naloxone kits (Nasal spray that treats opioid overdoses) to communities. Since 2020, the initiative has spread to 31 states. It has sites in all counties across West Virginia. In Monongalia County, volunteers with ‘Mon County’s Quick Response Team’ (QRT) have set up the ‘West Virginia Sober Living’ tent in Hazel Ruby Park, one of 12 locations handing out Narcan kits in the county. One of the volunteers, Joe Klass, Chief of Operations at Mon County Health Department, explains how life-changing the usage of Narcan could be for the area and even the country.
“substance use disorder is a big issue throughout the United States, but West Virginia has been hit particularly hard in all 55 counties,” said Klass. “We have sadly had a lot of overdose fatalities. One of the ways we are trying to counter that is through giving out Naloxone or Narcan to the public because it is one of the best ways to save the life of someone who overdoses from opioids.”
At another tent, in front of the Monongalia County Courthouse, the same sentiment rings true; Naloxone can save lives, something Teisha Prim, Supervisor with WV Sober Living, has personal experience with.
“I’m a person in long-term recovery for close to six years and I have a lot of friends that are really important to me that wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Naloxone,” said Prim.
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Free Naloxone was from 10 AM to 6 PM and by 3 PM. almost 2,500 doses of Narcan were handed out across the county.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Strong upper level winds are expected to keep rain totals in West Virginia on the lower side from the moisture produced by Hurricane Helene.
The National Weather Service map on Thursday afternoon. (NWS)
National Weather Meteorologist John Peck said the rain and wind will arrive Friday morning and strong winds will hit the mountains and squeeze out a lot of moisture keeping rainfall totals at moderate levels.
“You’ll basically have downslope winds coming off the mountains and that kind of eat the rain as it tries to fall through the columns,” Peck told MetroNews.
The lowlands will probably pick up an inch of rain or maybe a little more. The rain will begin in the pre-dawn hours Friday. The strong winds aloft will be between 50-70 mph with gusts between 30-40 mph at ground level.
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The main part of what’s left of Helene will pass over West Virginia Friday afternoon.
Peck said this week’s rain has been good but way short of what’s needed to break the drought.
“To get the groundwater recharged we need about 10 inches or so and this time of year or don’t have those big systems coming in,” Peck said.
Some areas of the southern coalfields have received 3 to 5 inches of rain since Tuesday while other areas were closer to an inch.
“We’re just going to need just a long period of relatively light rain,” Peck said.
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Next week’s weather pattern has a few more opportunities for rain but not a lot, Peck said.
“It’s going to be relatively dry outside any tropical influence,” he said.
