Recovery, Resilience and Hope: Flood Victims Continue Rebuilding

July 22, 2026

WHEELING — Members of the Wheeling Rotary Club received an update Tuesday on ongoing recovery efforts in the Valley Grove, Triadelphia and Elm Grove areas following last year's deadly flash flood. The one-year anniversary of…

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…

Citizens Urge City to Place Moratorium on Data Centers

WHEELING — Concerned citizens packed council chambers during Tuesday night's meeting of Wheeling City Council, with many city residents urging…

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

NFL Training Camps Set To Open With 10 New Head Coaches, Several QB Changes And Plenty Of Hope

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

MLB Players Propose Expanded Draft Eligibility In Another Sign Of Looming Labor Confrontation

Hedges And Halpin Hit Sac Flies In The 6th, Guardians Beat Twins 5-2 For Third Straight Victory

SEC's Move To 9-Game Conference Schedules Pauses Some Rivalries And Awakens Others

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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

Stay Safe In This Summer Heat

New Sistersville Ferry A Good Move

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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