Educators Say The Stories Of 9/11 Best Way To Teach The Next Generation

September 11, 2026

WHEELING – It has been a quarter-century and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America are truly history. The events are being discussed in history classes, even though there are now history teachers in school…

Harrison Recalls Military Service Before And After 9/11

The eight years Jeremy Harrison served in the Army Reserves and on active duty in the Middle East were split…

Military Banner Program Holds Final KIA Ceremonies for the Year

WHEELING — The Wheeling Military Banner Program held its final ceremonies of the year Thursday honoring two city natives who…

Rosh Hashanah Begins High Holy Days For Jewish Faith

There is a duality to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year that begins Friday, said Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's…

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony A Calling For Rabbi Joshua Lief

The first remembrance ceremony for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom was part…

Local Firefighters Recognized for 9/11 Rescue Efforts

Twenty-five years ago today, what many consider to be the worst domestic terror attack in U.S. history took place as…

Community

Lights of Hope to Shine in Moundsville

MOUNDSVILLE — The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Lights of Hope Display is…

Sinclair Building Targeted For 'Public Nuisance' Designation

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End of an Era as Trick Horse Blitz Retires at Belmont County Fair

Obituaries

WILSON TOOTHMAN

Wilson Lawrence “Digger” Toothman, 76, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. He was born November 24, 1949, in Bellaire, Ohio, the eldest son of Virginia Jane Wilson Toothman and William Lawrence “Bill” Toothman. Raised in Jacobsburg, Ohio, Wilson was a 1967 graduate of Union Local…

Marilyn M. Groome, age 78, of Wheeling, WV, passed away Monday, September 7, 2026, at WVU…

MARILYN GROOME

Douglas Walter McCroskey, Sr., 85, of Wheeling, WV, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Friends…

DOUGLAS McCROSKEY, SR.

PAUL THURMOND

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Editorials

Labor Day Allows Us To Reflect On Progress

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break for most. They and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to…

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John McCabe: West Virginia's History Deserved More Than a Ferris Wheel

I traveled to Marietta, Ohio, about two weeks ago for a girls soccer game between Wheeling Park High School and Marietta High School. (Really good game, by the way. It ended in a 0-0 draw.) I’ve always enjoyed Marietta and appreciated its place in our nation’s history as the first permanent settlement in the…

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