A Belmont County jury found Andrew Isaac Griffin guilty of the murders of Thomas and Angela Strussion on Wednesday in Belmont County Common Pleas Court. Griffin was found guilty on all five counts – two…
BREAKING: Verdict Reached In Griffin Double-Murder Trial
A verdict has been reached in the double-murder trial of Andrew Isaac Griffin. The jury is scheduled to return shortly…
Speaker Johnson won't seek reelection as House Republican leader after party's midterm wipeout
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP's wipeout in…
Young voters led a sharp shift toward Democrats in the 2026 midterms, The AP Voter Poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic candidates made up significant ground among key demographic groups in the 2026 midterms, according to The…
Trifecta: Capito heads back to U.S. Senate for third term
CHARLESTON — Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the…
Wakim Chapman Re-Elected To W.Va. Senate District 1
WHEELING – The Northern Panhandle has voted to retain the senator representing them in the West Virginia Senate, and retained…
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Charles Sheedy Wins Re-Election To WV House of Delegates District 7
MOUNDSVILLE — Incumbent Charles Sheedy, R-Marshall, retained his House of Delegates District 7 seat…
Obituaries
ALMA SAMPSON
Alma Lavone Sampson, 94 of Cameron, WV passed away on October 31, 2026 in WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale. Lavone was born to Clay and Lillian (Gorby) Frye on March 22, 1932. She was a lifelong resident of Cameron. She was married to Kenneth Sampson and together they raised one son…
Top Sports
WVU Women Avoid Upset In Season Opener
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia got hit with a wake-up call on opening night. The…
Editorials
Diabetes Remains A Major Problem
National Diabetes Awareness Month takes on a different significance in Appalachia, and WalletHub’s “2026’s Most Overweight and Obese States in America,” gives some idea why. Obesity is one of the bigger risk factors and primary cause of type 2 diabetes, and West Virginia is the most obese state in the country. Ohio is 15th.…
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Local Columns
John McCabe: Take A Walk And Witness Wheeling's Resurgence
Downtown Wheeling has come a long way in the past two decades. Sometimes, though, you have to take a walk to appreciate just how far. It wasn’t all that long ago that downtown, after the work day ended, emptied out. I’ll always recall the infamous line about how you could shoot a cannonball down…
John McCabe: Wheeling's Future Is In All Of Our Hands
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Features
West Liberty University Completes Work on Two Miles of Campus Hiking Trails
Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council Fall Product Program Underway
Anathan Theatre to Present Original Play on 'War and Peace'
Omni Quartet Featuring Cleveland Orchestra Musicians to Perform Free Concert
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