MOUNDSVILLE — Marshall County prosecutors are taking legal action against a senior status judge who upheld a plea deal — even after prosecutors had orphaned it. Prosecutor Rhonda Wade said Monday that her office is filing a writ of prohibition against retired Judge Arthur Recht because the ...
Ohio County officials discussed Monday updating the homebound instruction policy to get students back into the classroom. Superintendent Kim Miller invited Student Services Director Raquel Welch McLeod, who oversees the homebound program, to address the school board during its regular ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Trump Administration officials are continuing to listen as West Virginia officials push for an expanded Interstate 68 from Morgantown through Marshall County. Marshall County Commissioner Robert Miller led a contingent to Washington, D.C., last week to meet with Brittany ...
The finishing touches are being made on a long-term water project in the city. During Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Area Water Board, Steve Hamit of Thrasher Engineering said contractors have completed all but a few final touches and tests for the project. A leak test remains. “Once ...
HELSINKI (AP) — In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Monday openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to his benefit, seeming to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ...
Village Council approved the low bid on the village’s annual liability insurance and received an update on several recent street and waterline repair projects during its regular meeting Monday evening. Mayor Tim Bishop advised council that the lowest bid for the village’s annual liability ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration races to meet a July 26 deadline for putting more than 2,500 children back in their parents’ arms. U.S. ...
The Ohio County Sheriff’s Office has kicked off its #9PMROUTINE campaign in hopes of raising awareness and promoting safer habits among residents to prevent thefts from vehicles, as well as homes. To take part in the #9PMROUTINE, simply set an alarm on a smart phone, watch or other device ...
WHEELING — City firefighters will pass the boot to benefit the Augusta Levy Learning Center during an upcoming Waterfront Wednesday event. They are also inviting the public to come take shots at dunking Chief Larry Helms and Mayor Glenn Elliott in a dunk tank during the event. Wheeling ...
Photo by Scott McCloskey Motorists travel Monday along National Road in the Elm Grove section of Wheeling, where a power outage left customers without electricity for most of the day. AEP said a tree fell on a pole that then broke, which caused the power lines to fall and the blackout to ...
WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT Between 11:15 a.m. Sunday and 5:58 a.m. Monday, officers handled 10 traffic stops and two vehicle accidents. MONDAY At 7:31 a.m., Bae Mar Place, burglar alarm. At 6:39 a.m., Kruger Street, serve domestic violence papers. At 6:31 a.m., Eoff Street, breaking ...
UPDATE -- AEP officials said about 2,700 customers remain without power from Washington Avenue east to Elm Grove. About 1,000 customers have had power restored. Power is expected to be restored for 100 percent of the outage area by 6 p.m. AEP spokesman Joelle Connors said a tree fell on a ...
WHEELING — Firefighters soon will be asked to participate in a federal registry seeking to identify links between their job, health and cancer risks. Firefighters in the Ohio Valley, meanwhile, already are taking extra measures to clean, wash off and eradicate the soot and carcinogens ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even before the specter of a trade war with China and other countries threatened to cost them billions of dollars, American farmers were feeling the squeeze from fluctuating crop prices and other factors that have halved their overall income in recent years. The ...
Jamboree In The Hills is rolling around again, and while lovers of fun and music will converge on Belmont County Thursday through July 22, the greater traffic also will mean a greater potential for danger. Lt. James Faunda with the St. Clairsville post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the ...
MORRISTOWN — Since 1977, thousands of fans have gathered each year in the rolling hills of eastern Ohio to take part in the longest-running country music festival in America — Jamboree In The Hills. Jamboree, often called Jambo or abbreviated as JITH, began as a modest, two-day outdoor ...
Marshall County Clerk Jan Pest has been named president of the West Virginia Association of Counties for fiscal year 2018-19. Pest took office June 4 in Wyoming County at the 2018 WVACo spring board meeting. “County elected officials are the face of government that affects the people ...
BETHESDA — Tina Khalil drove 22 hours for the Chautauqua Homecoming Days & Bethesda Festival. Khalil and her daughters — Allison, 17, and Samantha, 15 — said they came from Houston to spend their summertime in Bethesda. “I wanted my daughters to enjoy what I was able to enjoy as ...
WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT From 8 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Sunday, officers handled 27 traffic stops, five vehicle accidents and seven miscellaneous calls. SUNDAY At 3:42 a.m., 400 block of North Huron Street, disorderly adult. At 2:30 a.m., South Penn Street, disorderly adult. At 2:23 ...
The Rotary Club of Wheeling is home to the club’s district governor for the first time in more than 50 years. Michael A. Davidson, of Wheeling, was named the 2018-19 Rotary International District 7530 Governor during an installation ceremony June 13. It is the first time a Wheeling Rotarian ...