July 25, 2014 WHEELING—Police found an 18-month-old girl sweating in a car on Wheeling Island on Thursday and then located her father passed out on a sofa in his home. Cory Michael Rockhold, 33, of 21 S. more »»

July 25, 2014 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Union Local Schools Superintendent Douglas Thoburn is on paid administrative leave after he was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with pandering obscenity involving a minor. more »»

July 25, 2014 WHEELING — The West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine is expected to hold a special meeting this morning to talk about allegations against Dr. more »»

July 25, 2014 Glenda Riley, 70, of Barnesville died Wednesday. Visitation Friday 4-8 p.m. Campbell-Plumly- Milburn Funeral Home, Barnesville. Services there Saturday 1 p.m. more »»

July 25, 2014 Martha McMahon, 84, formerly of Moundsville, WV, died Thursday, June 24, 2014, in Pennsylvania. Arrangements are pending at Grisell Funeral Home & Crematory, Moundsville. more »»

July 25, 2014 Pernell Deck, who has college degrees in culinary arts and business administration, plans to continue his education — in prison. more »»

July 25, 2014 It took an eight-woman, four-man jury approximately 25 minutes to find Robert Thomas Hess not guilty of sexual battery Thursday afternoon in Jefferson County Common Pleas Cour. more »»

July 25, 2014 Belmont Community Hospital is one of 37 Ohio hospitals and transplant centers to be honored for its efforts to promote organ donatio. more »»

July 25, 2014 Six months. That is how long Congress should give Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson to make progress in providing better health care service for veterans. more »»

July 25, 2014 One of the area’s most eagerly anticipated special events, the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival, is upon us. It began today and continues through Sunday at the Heritage Port in Wheeling. more »»

July 23, 2014 I, like many in my generation, were blessed with parents from America’s greatest generation. more »»

July 20, 2014 Editor’s note: Reporters are constantly surveying their surroundings, and in doing so often turn up many tidbits of news that don’t make it into the daily newspape. more »»

July 20, 2014 Republicans often ask, “Why do Democrats hate America?” That question is usually based on the interpretation that policies that Republicans disagree with are socialist, or maybe even Marxist or... more »»

July 25, 2014 PITTSBURGH (AP) — The faces Ike Taylor grew so accustomed to seeing line up alongside him the past decade have disappeared. Ryan Clark? Gone. Ditto Brett Keisel. And LaMarr Woodley. Larry Foote too. more »»

July 25, 2014 WEIRTON — Wheeling Post 1 played themselves into the driver’s seat of the Areal One Tournament on Thursday with a 13-7 victory against Weirton at Ed Bowman field. more »»

July 25, 2014 FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is being sued by one of his brothers, who says the West Virginia Democrat and another brother never repaid a $1. more »»

July 25, 2014 INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — It's graduation day at West Virginia State University for the 19th Junior Trooper Academy. more »»

July 25, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says West Virginia employers will see a projected $32 million reduction in workers' compensation premiums in the coming year. more »»

July 25, 2014 FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — A northwest Ohio auto mechanic has died after a fan blade broke off a car he was working on and struck him in the neck and face. more »»

July 25, 2014 LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — As authorities continue to search for answers in the death of an Ohio concertgoer, hundreds turned out for a vigil at his former high school to remember him. more »»