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Crowds Flock To Grand Vue Park in Moundsville To See Solar Eclipse
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Dozens of visitors joined hundreds of local students Monday afternoon to see the first solar eclipse in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, joined by Wheeling’s SMART Centre to maximize the value of the rare occasion. Marshall County middle school students came to Grand Vue Park’s shelters, ...
Wheeling Country Day School Students Look to the Skies for Solar Eclipse
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Wheeling Country Day School students visited the Schrader Environmental Education Center to view the solar eclipse on Monday. Students from kindergarten to fifth grade participated in activities focused on the sun and moon, wildlife education, and the solar eclipse. The eclipse began a little ...
‘Ambush And Attempted Murder’ of Jefferson County Judge in Steubenville
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STEUBENVILLE — Nathaniel Richmond spent his final hours Monday morning driving in downtown Steubenville, where he was stopped at 3:58 a.m. for having only one operable headlight. The 51-year-old Richmond was issued a warning by a Steubenville police officer and told to get the defective ...
Elm Grove Elementary Students Enlightened by Eclipse
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Solar eclipse glasses used Monday shouldn’t be discarded as they’ll be needed again in less than seven years. Students at Elm Grove Elementary learned that fact and many others Monday as they donned the glasses and spent the end of their school day outside viewing the eclipse — a solar ...
Steubenville Shooting Suspect Had Civil Lawsuit Pending Before Judge Bruzzese
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STEUBENVILLE — Nathaniel Richmond, 51, of Steubenville — the man authorities said died in a shootout after he opened fire Monday morning on Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. — had a civil case pending before the judge. Richmond filed a wrongful death lawsuit in ...
Bridgeport High School Students Hurt in ATV Accident
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The first day of school can be a happy moment, but for students in the Bridgeport Exempted Village School District, Monday was somber. Two Bridgeport High School students suffered serious injures early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle accident in Belmont County. According to a dispatcher ...
Ohio Valley Officials Confident In Court Security
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Local court and law enforcement officials reacted to the Monday morning shooting of Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese, which occurred outside the courthouse in Steubenville, by expressing faith in existing security measures but wondering if more can be done ...
Ohio County Officials Address Sewage Issues
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Health and water pollution control officials investigated a weekend sewage spill into Wheeling Creek in the Pleasanton area of Wheeling. A citizen reported seeing sewage floating in the creek in the vicinity of Wheeling Jesuit University on Sunday. “A sewer main just got plugged up. It ...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Calls For Caution On Statue Removal
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WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday condemned the recent actions of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. in protesting the removal of a Civil War statue, but he urged caution against eliminating historical items some find offensive. Justice spoke on a variety of topics ...
West Virginia University Gets Funds to Address Opioid Crisis
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West Virginia University has been awarded $525,031 in federal funds to address the opioid crisis in rural regions. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Monday the new funding for the “Rural West Virginia Responds to Opioid Injection Epidemics: From ...
President Trump Vows Victory in Afghanistan
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Donald Trump renewed the United States’ commitment Monday to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, declaring that U.S. troops must “fight to win.” He pointedly declined to disclose how many more troops might be sent ...
Town Hall on Flooding Assistance Set for Today in McMechen
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There will be a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. today at the McMechen Community Center on Marshall Street to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance application process for those affected by the July flooding. For information about registering for assistance, go to ...
Police Reports
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WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT Between 8:02 a.m. Sunday and 7:43 a.m. Monday, officers handled 21 traffic stops and two accidents. MONDAY At 7:38 a.m., 18th Street, flagged down. At 6:59 a.m., McColloch Street, unknown trouble. At 6:04 a.m., 15th Street, false alarm. At 2:22 a.m., ...
UPDATED: Jefferson County Officials Name Nathaniel Richmond as Man Killed in Ambush on Judge Joseph Bruzzese
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STEUBENVILLE -- Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese and city resident Nathaniel Richmond exchanged gunfire on the streets of downtown Steubenville early this morning in a incident that left the judge in surgery and Richmond dead. Jefferson County officials this afternoon ...
Slideshow: Local Youngsters View the Eclipse
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Grow Ohio Valley Mobile Market Gives Students Tools for Healthy Living
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Grow Ohio Valley is working to instill healthy values in the minds of area children. The Wheeling organization hosted a “pop-up” farmer’s market recently at Glen Dale United Methodist Church Child Development Center. Hosted by Grow Ohio Valley and the Marshall County West Virginia ...
Officials Investigating Sewage Spill in Wheeling Creek
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WHEELING — Health and water pollution control officials are investigating a weekend sewage spill into Wheeling Creek in the Pleasanton area of Wheeling. A citizen reported seeing sewage floating in the creek in the vicinity of Wheeling Jesuit University on Sunday. Howard Gamble, ...
Ohio Department of Natural Resources and American Electric Power Negotiate Land Purchase Deal
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is now in negotiations with American Electric Power to acquire 60,000 acres of reclaimed strip-mined land at the intersection of Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum and Noble counties in southeastern Ohio. ODNR Director James Zehringer said his department and ...
Rental Property Rules To Be Discussed by Wheeling City Council
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WHEELING — Councilman Dave Palmer insists his proposed “non-owner occupied property registration program” is not just about inspecting rental units in Wheeling, as he said the aim is to help both landlords and tenants understand their obligations — and to help city officials identify ...
Weir High Schoool Student Earns West Virginia Agriculture Award
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Photo Provided Weir High School student Devin Price, 14, is shown with West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt, left, and Gov. Jim Justice at the West Virginia State Fair, during which Price served as an “Honorary Commissioner of Agriculture” for the day. He was one of six ...