DAVIS, W.Va. — Thirty-three passengers boarded a bus on a recent Saturday morning at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station for a weekend trip. But this was no ordinary excursion: None of them knew where they were going, and most didn’t know their fellow travelers. It may sound like the ...
WHEELING — Bethlehem residents David Rapp and Jeff Weese had a hilltop vantage point to observe the immediate aftermath of a fatal accident that occurred Saturday afternoon on Interstate 470. At the time, however, they did not know if anyone was hurt let alone died in the crash. “I ...
WHEELING — John Burley immediately got to work late last month after speaking with WesBanco Arena officials about their broken ice-making system that could have jeopardized the Wheeling Nailers’ hockey season. Now, several weeks later, the arena is outfitted with a modular ice system ...
WHEELING — Local farmers had their harvest bounty on display and up for sale during Saturday’s grand opening of Grow Ohio Valley’s public market at 1401 Main St., in the middle of downtown Wheeling. Grow Ohio Valley is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting agriculture and ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Three local rotary clubs pooled their time and resources Saturday to pack more than 20,000 meals for the hungry living outside the country. Close to 80 volunteers from the Moundsville, Wheeling and New Martinsville Rotary Clubs packed rice and other food into boxes at the ...
WHEELING — It was all about the double-boxing and duct tape technique that won it for the winning team during the ninth Annual St. Michael Parish School Pumpkin Drop Friday afternoon. One by one, Interim Principal Kim Burge dropped nearly two-dozen pumpkins from the roof of the school ...
Our Lady of Peace School is celebrating homecoming season like never before. There weren’t any fancy dresses, bow ties or football, but there was an abundance of love, smiles, bear hugs and tears of joy. Not one, but two families were reunited with their U.S. Army Reservists. “We are ...
MOUNDSVILLE —Moundsville Middle School sixth-grade science teacher Jaime Pettit was one of four educators in West Virginia to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the highest honor a science instructor can receive for outstanding teaching in the ...
Children of all ages can still enjoy several more nights of family fun at Boo at the Zoo, the Oglebay Good Zoo’s annual fall fundraiser, presented by The Health Plan. “Oglebay’s Boo at the Zoo is the beginning of a longer-term relationship with The Health Plan,” said Eriks Janelsins, ...
By ROBERT A. DEFRANK For The Intelligencer Candidates for contested seats in the city and answered questions from the public and shared their visions of the future Thursday at a Meet the Candidates Night at Ohio University Eastern. While prior city council meetings have been marked by ...
WHEELING — A sexual harassment suit filed by three former Bridge Street Middle School teachers against former principal Joe Kolb and involving the Ohio County Board of Education has been thrown out of federal court. U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp on Friday issued an order stating ...
WHEELING — The city is moving forward with plans to transfer a row of mostly-vacant buildings that it owns on Market Street to two developers interested in rehabilitation. Wheeling City Council’s Development Committee on Tuesday directed city staff to draft a memorandum of understanding ...
CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and other senators called upon Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to put legislation up for a vote to protect the pensions of 1.5 million retired miners. Manchin held a press conference Wednesday morning in front of a room filled with ...
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A West Virginia man was charged Thursday with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from an April crash that killed his son on Interstate 70 near Washington. Pennsylvania State Police also charged Jonathan Brook Gracey, 52, of Wheeling, ...
CHARLESTON — A state official warned legislators Wednesday that many of West Virginia’s dams are in danger and the conditions of streams could lead to another major flood. The Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding met Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol in Charleston. Lawmakers heard ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Democrat Party’s annual dinner Thursday evening was highlighted by featured speaker Ohio Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, suggesting they “spend a little more time working to find common ground” with their political opponents for the betterment of the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Murray Energy Corp. announced Wednesday that the company will have until near the end of the month to make payments to lenders. In early October the coal company announced a forbearance agreement giving them until Oct. 14 to make payments to lenders holding in excess of 50 ...
GLEN DALE – Nine WVU Medicine hospitals, including Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, have earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired recognition. Reynolds and the other facilities were recognized as certified level 9, the second highest achievable recognition, on the domestic and ...
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A farming business owned by the family of West Virginia's billionaire governor has received $125,000 in soybean and corn subsidies, the maximum allowed from a federal program meant to help American farmers through the U.S. trade war with China. There is no evidence ...