Hazmat Spill Closes Ohio 255 After Semi Overturns in Monroe County

July 22, 2026

SARDIS, Ohio — A Texas truck driver suffered serious injuries late Monday night after a commercial tanker carrying hazardous material overturned on Ohio 255 in Monroe County, spilling a flammable substance and forcing the closure…

Recovery, Resilience and Hope: Flood Victims Continue Rebuilding

WHEELING — Members of the Wheeling Rotary Club received an update Tuesday on ongoing recovery efforts in the Valley Grove,…

Ohio County Students Earn More Than $200,000 in 2026 Stifel Awards

WHEELING – Top academic students in Ohio County Schools are a little richer this summer after being honored as Stifel…

Decades Of Tradition, 3,000 Pounds Of Sausage

BELLAIRE — Members of the Sons and Daughters of Italy were busy in the kitchen preparing nearly 3,000 pounds of…

Afternoon Storms Lead To Localized Flooding In Marshall County

The heavy rains that blew through the Ohio Valley on Tuesday afternoon led to some flooded areas and one rescue…

Justice Family Seeks Delay To Aug. 7 For New Greenbrier Lender Deal

CHARLESTON – The family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice met a deadline to explain where they are in finalizing a…

Community

Moundsville Honor Guard Thanks Marshall County Commission For New 15-Passenger Van

MOUNDSVILLE — The Marshall County Commission got a look at the Moundsville Honor Guard's…

Amish man sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for rape

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to legalize home whiskey distilleries in the United States…

Supreme Court Asked To Legalize Home Whiskey Distilleries

Century-Old Cemetery Investigation Unearths Human Remains at Steubenville Housing Site

Obituaries

CHARLES P. ZANI

When someone lives more than nine decades on this Earth, a natural question to…

MARGARET KOTCH

Virginia Lee “Bunny” (Farkas) Vees, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, passed…

VIRGINIA L. 'BUNNY' VEES

Maria Alexovich, 88, of Wheeling, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, died July 20, 2026, in Forest Hill…

MARIA ALEXOVICH

Top Sports

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The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so…

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Editorials

No Need To Worry About The Nailers

For the first time in decades, the city of Wheeling had to deal with the perils of professional sports. The Hoffman Family of Companies, the new owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins, formally announced Thursday that its ECHL affiliation would switch from the Wheeling Nailers to the Florida Everblades, a team the group already owns.…

A Sound Proposal

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Local Columns

Reporter's Notebook: Nothing But The Truth

The spread of misinformation (inaccurate information spread by mistake) and disinformation (false information spread deliberately) is nothing new in the history of humanity, but it sure seems like it's been getting worse lately. While my colleagues in local news media work to confirm information for stories that you may not see until later the…

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