Moundsville City Manager Rick Healy To Retire May 1

November 5, 2026

MOUNDSVILLE — Moundsville City Manager Rick Healy is getting ready to retire in the spring. Healy said he plans to retire no later than May 1. City Council this week told Healy he could begin…

Story and Video: Griffin found guilty on all charges in double-murder trial

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Blue Splash: W.Va. Democratic candidates add to statehouse numbers

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Wheeling University Plays Hosts to Wheeling City Council Meeting

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Midterm election turnout high, but not the highest locally

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Andrew Griffin Found Guilty Of Murdering Strussions

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Community

Park Players Present 'Clue' At J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center

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Obituaries

CAROL LEE SWEENEY

Carol Lee Sweeney, 89, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, November 3,…

Patricia A. (Schumacher) Stephens, age 81, of Louisville, Ohio passed away Sunday. Calling hours 11 am…

PATRICIA STEVENS

John J. Kirchner February 14, 1953 - October 18, 2026 Funeral arrangements are entrusted to CARE…

JOHN KIRCHNER

Alma Lavone Sampson, 94 of Cameron, WV passed away on October 31, 2026 in WVU Medicine…

Top Sports

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The Ohio County Animal Shelter isn’t in the doghouse. Right now, it is the doghouse. Shelter staff recently had to seize 15 dogs from one location due to poor living conditions. They’re being housed at the shelter in the quarantine area, along with the 24 dogs that already were there. The main shelter has…

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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…

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