West Virginia
WVU welcomes return of ‘Research Week’ across campuses
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia University has welcomed back its beloved Research Week for its eighth year.
Research Week at WVU was created to highlight the research efforts of students, faculty and staff across the school’s three campuses and to thank them for helping create the R1 institution’s household name.
Monday kicked off the week with award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author and historian John M. Barry as a keynote speaker in a conversation “on the power of storytelling to shape public understanding, inform policy, and influence how science is understood in public life,” according to WVU.
One of the events that took place on Tuesday was the Core Facilities showcase held in the Health Science Center, which featured 30 different displays of research.
12 News spoke with WVU Core Resources Director Karen Martin on why it was important to feature the university’s research projects in this way.
“This is going to be professional development for them so that they can learn the skills that they can then take, not only to do their research now, but that they can take with them for jobs in the future. And we’ve got the cutting-edge, greatest technologies out there, so they’re really competitive, they’ve got good skills when they leave here. And we study everything from diabetes, cancer, neuroscience, just a whole range of everything that we study, and so students really get a lot of opportunities to learn, to understand how the technology works, and they’ve got that to take with them,” Martin said.
Research Week will continue all across WVU until Friday. You can find a full list of events and virtual seminars on the university’s website here.
HAMLIN, WV (WVNS) – Troopers with the West Virginia State Police Hamlin Detachment are investigating an alleged robbery.
According to a press release from the West Virginia State Police, Troopers responded to reports of a robbery and arrived at the 7-11 gas station in Hamlin to investigate.
The press release stated that during the investigation, Troopers talked to the assistant manager of the 7-11 gas station, who claimed that when they were trying to deposit money at City National Bank, someone took a hold of them from behind and threw them down to the floor. The suspect fled on foot after taking U.S. money out of the 7-11 banker’s bag. Although not confirmed, the suspect is thought to be male and was wearing dark khaki pants.
This matter is still under investigation.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Lottery results: See winning numbers for Mega Millions, Daily 3 on April 28, 2026
The results are in for the West Virginia Lottery’s draw games on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Here’s a look at winning numbers for each game on April 28.
Winning Mega Millions numbers from April 28 drawing
14-36-41-47-66, Mega Ball: 15
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Daily 3 numbers from April 28 drawing
3-2-2
Check Daily 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Daily 4 numbers from April 28 drawing
7-7-8-7
Check Daily 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Cash 25 numbers from April 28 drawing
03-15-16-17-21-22
Check Cash 25 payouts and previous drawings here.
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When are the West Virginia Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 11 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:59 p.m. ET Tuesday and Friday.
- Lotto America: 10:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Daily 3, 4: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday.
- Cash 25: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a USA Today editor. You can send feedback using this form.
West Virginia
Dangerous man committed for insanity escapes West Virginia mental hospital, state police searching
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — West Virginia State Police are searching for a Huntington man after authorities said he escaped from River Park Hospital.
Troopers from the Huntington Detachment responded to the hospital on April 27, 2026, after receiving reports that James Ryan Yost, 50, had fled the facility.
Authorities said Yost is considered dangerous.
Law enforcement officers, including members of the Huntington Police Department, searched the surrounding area but were unable to locate him.
According to state police, hospital staff provided a Morgan County Circuit Court order showing Yost had been committed to the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources by reason of insanity. The order remains in effect until February 2098.
Yost has been entered into the National Crime Information Center database as an escapee.
He is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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