WHEELING – A new addition at Our Lady of Peace School brings with it an expanded preschool program.
For decades the Catholic school in Marshall County that sits in the Mt. Olivet section of Wheeling has had a waiting list for its preschool program. Due to lack of space and strict ...
McMECHEN – Police cars littered the southbound side of W.Va. Route 2 around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday evening, as a high-speed chase came to an abrupt end between the road and train tracks in McMechen. One man was in custody and another, believed armed, remains at large.
According to Marshall ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with "incitement of insurrection" over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
With the Capitol secured by armed ...
Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Wednesday that – though President Donald Trump bears responsibility for last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol – when the U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump, he will vote “no.”
McKinley said that Wednesday's one-day ...
Two major announcements came out of Gov. Jim Justice's COVID-19 pandemic briefing Wednesday morning.
The governor announced effective Wednesday the age for vaccinations will drop from 80 and older to 70 and older. The goal is to get to residents 65 and older as soon as possible, maybe next ...
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported two more deaths related to COVID-19 in its Tuesday night update.
Both people who died were hospitalized at the time of their passing, the report stated. The county also announced 22 new positive cases. That brings Ohio County’s totals to ...
CHARLESTON — With the potential for armed protests in all 50 states leading up to the inauguration of former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and the Capitol Police are prepared.
According to the Associated ...
MARTINS FERRY — First responders in Belmont County who still need the COVID-19 vaccine can get one today at East Ohio Regional Hospital.
Spokesman Michael Garrison said the vaccine will be given from 8-11 a.m. today in the Skilled Rehab Activity Room.
"We learned from the Belmont County ...
CHARLESTON — More than 64 percent of teachers are concerned about new plans to reopen schools in less than one week as COVID-19 cases grow.
The West Virginia Education Association released the results of a survey of nearly 3,500 members Tuesday, showing a majority have concerns with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in ...
CHARLESTON — Two members of the House of Delegates announced a plan to introduce a resolution this legislative session condemning tech companies they say are censoring conservative voices in their efforts to remove violent and threatening posts and social media tools spreading those ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Chapter of the NAACP and its supporters are calling for the removal and disbarment of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey for his participation in a lawsuit that called into the question the integrity of votes cast in other states during the 2020 ...
WHEELING – A large demolition project focused on revitalizing neighborhoods throughout the city of Wheeling is underway as crews with Raze International Inc. of Shadyside are demolishing and removing three dilapidated houses on 15th Street as part of the project.
Raze International Owner ...
MARTINS FERRY – In preparation for its future reopening, East Ohio Regional Hospital will be blessed Wednesday.
Michael Garrison, hospital spokesman, said the non-denominational blessing will take place with local clergy, hospital officials and media in attendance. It will not be open to ...
MOUNDSVILLE – The Marshall County School District returned from the holiday break with several projects done or nearing completion, but a larger overhaul to Washington Lands Elementary is just getting started.
Facilities Director Michael Price spoke at Tuesday evening’s Board of ...
A McMechen man accused of fatally shaking his infant son in 2019 was indicted by a Marshall County grand jury this week.
Daniel Messner was indicted on one county of death of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian. Messner was originally charged in November 2019, accused of allegedly ...
WHEELING — Parents, staff and and students had their say about the return to five-day in-person education in Ohio County Schools, and most believed it is too soon for to go back to the classrooms.
Twenty people addressed the board of education during its meeting Monday night, expressing ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his ...
WHEELING — At 8:30 a.m. Monday morning, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department had opened its phone lines to book the next four days of COVID-19 vaccine clinics. By 9:30, they were booked solid.
The intense public interest in the vaccine, now being distributed to the 80-years-and-older ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia's efforts to vaccinate healthcare workers, teachers, essential workers and the elderly continue to lead the nation, but the state's COVID-19 cases reached a grim milestone over the weekend.
According to new data made available by the Department of Health and Human ...