Drivers along W.Va. 2 in McMechen saw an unusual sight along the train tracks on the west side of the road Friday morning: A cement truck was pushed at a 45 degree angle by a passing train, shoved off the access road. The driver of the truck was uninjured, while a person on the train jumped ...
By SHELLEY HANSON For The Intelligencer Bellaire resident Peggy Cain heard a noise outside her home on Thursday afternoon. When she looked out her door, she saw something that pleased her. It was a group of young men cleaning the curb in front of her home on Noble Street. The youth ...
MARTINS FERRY — Heavy rain Friday afternoon was blamed for a large sinkhole that opened up near the Jaycee Manor Apartments in Martins Ferry, startling local residents as the ground gave way. Mayor Robert Krajnyak was on the scene to help evaluate the damage and determine what could be ...
MOUNDSVILLE — All Saints Catholic School Principal Sheila Blackmore believes the closure of Bishop Donahue High School had a direct effect on enrollment at the Moundsville grade school that’s now slated to close, as well. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston informed parents ...
Wood County Clerk Mark Rhodes has been appointed to the national commission studying federal elections. Rhodes said he was notified Thursday of his appointment by President Donald Trump to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. One of only two county clerks expected on ...
TRIADELPHIA —There aren’t any roller coasters in the area of The Highlands where Steve Minard once hoped to run “Wild Escape,” but there are bulldozers and dump trucks moving earth to prepare the site for West Virginia’s first Menards home improvement superstore. As the Ohio County ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was at Oregon’s Timberline Lodge, later known as a setting in the horror movie “The Shining,” where Patrick Doyle earned his first real paycheck. He was a busboy. The job didn’t pay much. But Doyle quickly learned lessons that served him for years as he rose to ...
Once again, Elmhurst The House of Friendship senior assisted living residence in Wheeling has received a deficiency-free designation for 2017 from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification, according to Jamie Crow, ...
WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT From 8:01 a.m. Thursday to 7:57 a.m. Friday, officers handled 21 traffic stops, five vehicle accidents and two miscellaneous calls. FRIDAY At 7:57 a.m., 2200 block of Chapline St., meet complainant. At 7:41 a.m., 2200 block of National Road, burglar ...
The city of New Martinsville has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking a potential $20 million in damages from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company over its denial of a claim from the city’s hydroelectric plant. The suit, filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, states ...
When crews installed about 1,800 feet of guardrail along Marquette Avenue in Follansbee this week, they weren’t just helping to protect drivers traveling to and from the city’s Parkview neighborhood. They also were helping to showcase a relatively new product produced by a local ...
St. Clairsville-based coal executive Robert Murray is suing HBO and its parent company, Time Warner Inc., as well as The New York Times, over what he claims are “false and defamatory statements” made about him, his company and the coal industry as a whole. Murray serves as chairman, ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Citing a “sharp decline in enrollment,” the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston announced late Thursday that All Saints Catholic School in Moundsville won’t reopen for the 2017-18 school year. Thursday’s announcement marks the second closure of a school by the ...
Avah Smith, 3, of Wheeling, is all smiles after donning a plastic fire chief hat during First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union’s “Cool Kids Salute Our First Responders” event Thursday at Sonneborn Shelter at Wheeling Park. Area families had the opportunity to enjoy a free ...
WHEELING — Pay raises for current employees and the hiring of additional personnel could be in the plans for roughly $2 million Wheeling City Council has to spend, while officials could also fund street paving projects, upgrade declining playgrounds or support community service groups. City ...
A Marshall County man had a strange welcome home recently when he returned home after several days away to find a woman he’d never met asleep in his closet. The resident said he arrived at his home to find that his air conditioner and radio were on, before calling for police assistance when ...
PARKERSBURG — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that would prevent states from drawing election districts based on politics. The court agreed to hear the appeal of a decision by a three-judge panel in Wisconsin that struck down a legislative district map drawn by Republicans who took ...
Urologic oncologist Dr. Gregory Merrick believes exercise, healthy eating and preventive screenings are key to ensuring men’s good health. Merrick spoke on that topic Thursday at Wheeling Hospital in observance of National Men’s Health Month. He is director of the hospital’s Schiffler ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Thursday he never made and doesn’t have recordings of his private conversations with ousted former FBI Director James Comey, ending a month-long guessing game that he started with a cryptic tweet and that ensnared his administration in yet ...