CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education continues to develop reopening guidelines for schools this fall, but officials on Wednesday cautioned each school system would be responsible for its own reopening plans. The discussion came even as Gov. Jim Justice announced he would ...
WHEELING — A worker at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling has tested positive for the coronavirus, the facility’s officials announced Wednesday. The unidentified staff member is believed to have contracted COVID-19 “as a result of community contact,” according to Donald Kirsch, ...
WHEELING — As July 4 fell on Saturday this year, the celebratory holiday weekend came and went with a bang … literally. Although no reports of fireworks-related injuries were received in Wheeling over the weekend, the city police department was inundated with complaints about illegal ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Bridgeport Mayor David Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft in office and conflict of interest after more than $20,000 in village funds went missing, and he will be sentenced Aug. 10. Smith, 49, of 205 Jacquette St., Bridgeport, was indicted in February on four charges ...
CHARLESTON — More than 48 hours after Gov. Jim Justice signed a mandatory but toothless executive order requiring face masks inside offices and businesses, Justice said penalties for not wearing masks could be coming if coronavirus cases continue to spike. Justice signed an executive order ...
WHEELING – The year 2020 started with a push for vocational education and hands-on learning, but this has been made difficult by COVID-19 threats and students forced into online education at home. More than 60 percent of students at Wheeling Park High School are involved in career-based ...
WHEELING – Even during a global pandemic, sunny summer weather is often too enticing to resist. For many Ohio County residents, the tennis courts and wide-open golf courses at Oglebay Park have become a refuge for people wanting to enjoy time outside while still practicing social distancing ...
WELLSBURG – A recent pandemic-related executive order by Gov. Jim Justice and the report of six new COVID-19 cases within the last few days led Brooke County commissioners to reiterate precautions being taken at the county courthouse and other buildings to prevent spread of the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Ohio is implementing new regulations and restrictions during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and local health department officials are planning how those will take effect locally. Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul was interviewing potential staff ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — David Smith, the mayor of Bridgeport, entered pleas of guilty to third-degree felony theft in office and first-degree misdemeanor conflict of interest occurring from 2016 through 2019. Smith entered his guilty pleas Wednesday before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John ...
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — The annual bridge-jumping event in southern West Virginia has been canceled. The Bridge Day Commission announced Wednesday that the Oct. 17 event was called off due to uncertainty about the safety of mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of BASE ...
WHEELING — Police are searching for a man who was last seen Tuesday on Wheeling Island. Robert Jeffery Bailey, 38, is missing and Wheeling police are asking for the public’s help in locating him. Bailey is described as a white man with brown hair and brown eyes, about 6 feet tall and ...
WHEELING — Residents of the Pleasanton neighborhood of Wheeling are urging city leaders to take action to improve safety at the busy intersection of Washington and Valley View avenues, where a 90-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle two weeks ago when she was attempting to ...
WHEELING — Members of Wheeling City Council accepted their nominations to various committees and boards Tuesday during their first regular council meeting of their new four-year terms in office. Marking the first meeting since taking their oaths of office last week, the new Wheeling City ...
WHEELING — The Wheeling Park Commission and Wheeling Country Day School have announced a partnership that begins the reinvention of the W.E. Stone Building at Wheeling Park as a community learning center. David Lindelow, president and CEO of the Wheeling Park Commission, told those ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Due to public health concerns over COVID-19 and a lack of suitable gathering space, Marshall County’s seniors will have their graduation ceremony broadcast this weekend rather than hold an in-person commencement. School administrators held John Marshall and Cameron high ...
(AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the coronavirus pandemic, but for political reasons against the will of families. “We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants ...
WHEELING – A $30 million streetscape project for downtown Wheeling could go out to bid by the end of 2020, according to Gabe Hays, director at the Wallace-Pancher Group in St. Clairsville. Hays and Charlie Swart, design engineer with District 6 for the West Virginia Department of ...
MOUNDSVILLE – Moundsville’s city leaders have selected three residents to join them on the city’s new Arts and Culture Commission. The city council approved the appointments Kathy Fox, Nick Healy and Joy VanScyoc during its Tuesday night meeting. They will join council members Breanna ...
WHEELING – The Ziegenfelder Company announced owner Lisa Allen and operation manager Breanna Humphries were recently named two of the 2020 Top Women in Grocery. Each year since 2007, Progressive Grocer has recognized women who strengthen the retail food industry by giving back to their ...
