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Gene Vance Jr. Day 2018 graphic - Hands holding a torch with the American flag in the background.  

The University community is invited to join in honoring fallen and wounded soldiers during the 7th annual Gene Vance Jr. Day Saturday (May 19) at the Monongalia County Courthouse Plaza. Live music will begin at 10 a.m. A remembrance ceremony will take place at 11 a.m.

Joe Lavigne looking off into the distance.  

Joe Lavigne spent 20-plus years in prison for a rape he says he didn't commit. Now, with the benefit of advanced forensic technology, the West Virginia Innocence Project, housed within the WVU College of Law, is bound to clear Lavigne's name.