Joe Stevenson applies a choke in his last UFC bout, a winning decision over Nate Diaz.

A fight that punctuated a night of heavy drinking days before Christmas left a father of two dead and a young Navy veteran facing a possible life sentence.

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The former West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville has a supporting role in a film starring Nick Nolte: It’s the stand-in for a Mexican prison in a movie called “Warrior.” The Lionsgate film will be released next summer.

PEOPLE of all ages and abilities from across the borough are being urged to take exercise this week by trying out a new sport.

Two US Marines kick and punch each other in a cloud of dust as their shaven-headed instructor bellows “Fight, fight, fight!” Under the blazing hot sun, they grapple in a ring drawn in the sand as their fellow soldiers shout encouragement.