WHEELING — As statistics have proven, the winter holiday season is the time of year for the highest incidents of home fires, so fire extinguishers should be accessible on every level of a home or business, according to National Fire Protection Association. With that in mind, the fire ...
WHEELING — The Department of Justice last week announced that it has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding — including nearly $300,000 for Wheeling Police Department — to enhance law enforcement operations across the United States. Of that amount, $350,520 will support public ...
CHARLESTON — With one month left until the halfway point of the fiscal year, November was the fourth month out of the past five when tax revenues came in below estimates. According to the most recent preliminary numbers released by the Senate Finance Committee, tax collections for the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, has introduced bipartisan legislation to help rural veterans travel to and from their medical appointments more easily. The Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2019 would expand successful initiatives that provide veterans ...
WHEELING – Wheeling Park Mental Health Counselor Jill Maloney has organized weekly meetings for high school students who may be dealing with stress or anxiety leading up to Ohio County Schools holiday break. Students who choose to take part in the sessions have the opportunity to do so each ...
WEST LIBERTY – West Liberty University will hold its fall 2019 commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex. President Stephen Greiner will preside at the ceremony and confer degrees upon graduates, which includes those completing requirements ...
Last week I attended a rollout for the Fairness Act, which even before it truly gets out of the gate is already a political football. The Fairness Act is a new name for something old that has largely been introduced every year since 1993 (or as far back as the West Virginia Legislature’s ...
WHEELING – The Springhill Suites Hotel was evacuated late Saturday night as police investigated a threat that proved to be unfounded. Philip Stahl, public information officer for the Wheeling Police Department, said at 10:40 p.m. Saturday, the Ohio County 911 center received a threatening ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Many area children will have a brighter Christmas this year thanks to the efforts of the Wheeling Police Department and Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. The two law enforcement agencies teamed up with others in the area to host the 3rd Annual Operation Toy Lift ...
WHEELING — Bitter cold and a few snow flurries last week couldn’t keep an army of Salvation Army’s bell-ringers from rolling out their red kettles around town. “It’s the fastest hour I’ve ever spent,” Vic Greco of Wheeling said Wednesday after finishing his shift. “We just ...
WHEELING — West Virginia Senate Majority Whip Ryan Weld says health care insurers shouldn’t set limits on the number of doctor visits a mental health care patient can have. The upcoming session of the West Virginia Legislature begins Jan. 8, and Weld said his focus will be on bills ...
WHEELING — The city has spent $49,000 fixing up a property it plans to sell for a nominal fee as council nears the second reading of the ordinance transferring ownership to a pair of Arizona developers. First reading for the ordinance transferring the property at 1425, 1429, 1433 and 1437 ...
BELLAIRE — Trinity Health System celebrated the grand opening of its primary care health office in Bellaire on Friday. The celebration included a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce, Trinity officials and other dignitaries. The opening comes on the ...
WHEELING — Efforts to improve energy efficiency throughout Ohio County Schools are resulting in substantial savings for taxpayers. School system Treasurer Steven Bieniek on Monday said the recent installation of energy-efficient lighting has resulted in savings of $55,233 over the course of ...
CHARLESTON — The governor and the cabinet secretary for the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Friday addressed the fallout from a controversial photo showing graduates of the state’s Corrections Academy giving a Nazi salute. A class photo showing Basic Training Class No. 18 ...
Everyone can remember their first bike as a child and the freedom it brought. With that in mind, a “Secret Santa” with the help of Ziegenfelder Co. and Wheelcraft, gave away six children’s bicycles Friday just in time for Christmas. “It’s the world,” Wheelcraft owner Andrew ...
Riley Moore started his adult life as a welder. Now he wants to forge a future for West Virginia as the next state treasurer. Moore — the eldest grandchild of former Gov. Arch Moore and the nephew of U.S. Sen. Shelly Moore Capito — has announced he will run for treasurer in 2020 on the ...
BETHESDA — Two village residents lost their lives during the bad weather that struck the East Coast on Sunday. Emil and Melodye Kittel died in a car accident on their way back home from a holiday trip. Bethesda police Officer Pete Busack reported the news after speaking to Pennsylvania ...
BENWOOD — The new Benwood pool is holding water, but city officials say its rehabilitation cost about $2 million — more than double the anticipated price. It may be December, but the pool is currently filled with water as they watch for any leaks. It is 100 percent complete, and will be ...
WHEELING — Within hours of an announcement that a plan for WVU Medicine to purchase The Health Plan of Wheeling has been shelved, at least temporarily, the latter announced it has renewed its partnership with Charleston Area Medical Association. That decade-long relationship between The ...