GLEN DALE — Students in Ohio and Marshall counties spent their first day of the new school year immersed in new technology that the districts are using to change the way they educate them. Marshall County students will get a unique educational experience because every school in the county ...
Furry friends at Belmont County Animal Shelter received some valuable support from the residents, staff and families of the Cumberland Pointe Care Center. Belmont County Dog Warden Lisa Williams visited the center Thursday to collect the donation and brought one of the dogs to meet the ...
WHEELING — A grand jury report on clergy abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania includes the names of a priest who later served at a Clarksburg church and a priest who allegedly visited Wheeling bars with a teen boy. The second priest, the Rev. David F. Dzermejko, from the ...
All four members of the Wheeling Traffic Commission attended the group’s Thursday meeting after it failed to reach a quorum last week. The meeting was the first for new Traffic Commission member Lloyd Adams. In addition to Adams, Patrick Duffy Allan Duvall and Ron King attended the meeting. ...
WHEELING — It’s not yet known if any priests named in a Pennsylvania grand jury report ever served in the Diocese of Steubenville, but diocesan officials are checking the lists of alleged offenders. “I’m going through all the databases very closely,” Dino Orsatti, spokesman for the ...
Wellsburg City Council welcomed Daniel Dudley as the newest representative of the city’s 1st Ward and approved several ordinances involving housing development and overgrown weeds during its Tuesday meeting. Dudley will fill the seat held by David Holden, who resigned last month because he ...
CHARLESTON — After several weeks of disagreements, a report detailing public opinion on the state’s public employee’s health insurance program was received by the committee tasked with fixing the program. The Public Employees Insurance Agency Taskforce met Thursday at the Capitol in ...
Photo Provided First Choice America Credit Union made a contribution to the 23rd annual Ron “Fritz” Williams Golf Scramble to take place at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort’s Woodview Golf Course at 9 a.m. Saturday. The outing pays tribute to the late All-America basketball ...
WHEELING — In recognition of his service as race director of the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic for the past 12 years, Robert “Scat” Scatterday was presented Thursday the prestigious 2018 Hall of Fame award by Perry Nardo, general manager of The Intelligencer and Wheeling ...
WHEELING — U.S. Sen. Shelley Capito attributes an improving West Virginia economy to Trump tax reforms passed late last year. Capito, R-W.Va., spoke Tuesday on the effects of the tax reforms while visiting Wheeling. Earlier in the day, she had taken part in a ceremony at the new Brooke ...
WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT Between 8:05 a.m. Wednesday and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, officers handled 21 traffic stops, three accidents and one miscellaneous call. THURSDAY At 7:10 a.m., 17th and Jacob streets, welfare check. At 6:11 a.m., North Huron Street, serve warrant. At 4:25 a.m., ...
WHEELING — With some Ohio Valley schools back in session today, school and law enforcement officials are reminding parents and students that safety comes first. Wheeling Deputy Police Chief Martin Kimball and Ohio County School Superintendent Kim Miller said it’s essential for people to ...
Just in time for the new school year, the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office has established a substation on the West Liberty University campus. “We welcome Sheriff Tom Howard and his deputies to campus and are pleased to have the new substation operational,” said WLU President Stephen Greiner ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A second person in Belmont County is being prosecuted under a relatively new law that raises animal abuse from a misdemeanor to a felony charge. Denver Lee Woodburn, 55, of Barnesville, was arraigned Monday before Common Pleas Judge Frank Fregiato. He pleaded innocent to ...
WHEELING — Wheeling attorney Martin Sheehan not only is seeking an appointment to one of two vacant seats on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, he also has filed for election to the court in November. Sheehan is among nine candidates sending applications to the Judicial Vacancy ...
Ohio County sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman last week after she allegedly borrowed a car and failed to return it. Wheeling police responded Aug. 8 to a call on Peg Ray Lane where a man said he had loaned his car to a woman, but that he had never heard back from her. She allegedly told ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Get ready, brides to be! All things wedding will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Sunday during the Brides, Brunch & Bands Wedding Show at the James E. Carnes Center at 45300 Roscoe Road. Hosted by The Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register and The Times Leader, the show gives ...
Marshall County leaders met with Department of Transportation officials Wednesday morning to get an update on projects throughout the county. Resident David Evans, a former District 4 Delegate, expressed concern over the treatment of weeds and foliage on the roadside, saying that the spraying ...
WHEELING — Sun Life Financial officials presented a $50,000 grant Wednesday to Grow Ohio Valley for its initiatives to control diabetes and encourage healthier eating among all age groups. Grow OV is one of five grant recipients among 180 applicants from all over the country, said Mark ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A landmark grand jury report on clergy abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania detailing how priests often used religious rituals, symbols of the faith and the threat of eternity in hell to sexually abuse children, includes the names of two priests with ...