WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT From 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday, officers handled 10 traffic stops, two accidents and three miscellanous calls. At 8:54 a.m., Kruger Street, utility problem. At 9:26 a.m., Edgington Lane, fraud. At 10:08 a.m., Eoff Street, follow up. At 10:15 a.m., ...

Passersby likely have noticed a new structure is rising into the sky on Zane Highway in Martins Ferry. The steel being erected is for Martins Ferry Christian Church and School’s new multi-purpose Life Center. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in June 2018 with work beginning a few ...

MASONTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman was pulled Monday morning from a drainpipe at the closed Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station in Greene County. Trooper Forrest Allison said Pennsylvania State Police are investigating how the 39-year-old woman got stuck in the pipe and how long she was ...

Dawn Lee, former fiscal officer for York Township and the York Water Authority will spend a decade behind bars for crimes including theft in office and tampering with evidence. Lee, 48, of Powhatan Point, entered pleas of guilty in March to two counts of theft in office and one count of ...

Students from the engineering program at Wheeling Jesuit University presented project results from the classes recent energy project to members of the senior team last month. Students worked over several semesters to track energy usage and the negative impact of using old florescent light ...

St. Clairsville Police Chief Jeff Henry has been cleared as a result of a discriminatory harassment complaint investigation, but Mayor Terry Pugh raised an issue with the council members. At the St. Clairsville City Council meeting Monday, Pugh confronted council members individually, saying ...

Photo Provided The Fitzsimmons Foundation recently donated bleeding-control kits to schools in Ohio County, and Ohio County Schools staff members received training at Triadelphia Middle School earlier this month. Pictured from left are Fitzsimmons Foundation representatives Sunni Fitzsimmons, ...

The city’s Traffic Commission approved changing a downtown alley’s one-way designation and other traffic requests at its meeting Wednesday. The body considered four requests for handicapped parking in front of residents’ homes and two requests for no-parking designations. The ...

The pressure is mounting for Gov. Jim Justice, who was dealt several blows over the last week or so. I wrote about most of these issues over the weekend, so I won’t re-hash them all in great detail. You already knew about the vote of no confidence by the Kanawha County Republican Executive ...

The Ohio Department of Transportation is installing new traffic lights at a couple of locations in Belmont County. The $354,325 state project got underway this week. The ODOT initiative began Wednesday at the intersection of U.S. 40 and Mall Road, at the 20.5 mile marker on National Road ...

By JOSELYN KING Staff Writer WHEELING — The Wheeling Park High School Band stepped it up and marched to a successful season this year, though director David Alfred still limps alongside them following a series of serious injuries over the past two school years. Alfred was the victim in ...

“Never stop raising your personal bar,” Peoples Bank Senior Vice President and Director of Risk Management Ann Helmick urged students being honored Tuesday, during the 41st annual Tyler County and Paden City Schools Academic Awards Ceremony. Helmick, praising students in grades 5-8, also ...

WHEELING — The Ohio River Valley Council Boy Scouts of America will host West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee as keynote speaker at its annualpartnership dinner. The event is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16 at Oglebay Park’s Wilson Lodge, Glessner Auditorium in Wheeling ...

Wheeling — The Health Plan was awarded the Five-Diamond Employer award by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on April 10 at their annual human resources conference in Charleston. This is the second year in a row that THP has received this recognition for their commitment to employee ...

Photo by Scott McCloskey To celebrate the 40th consecutive win for the Wheeling Park High School’s Speech and Debate Team, all past members were invited to a reunion celebration at the high school Saturday evening. Since 1980, the WPHS team has won the state tournament hosted each year by ...

Five Northern Panhandle theaters are featured on the West Virginia Historic Theatre Trail. The statewide thematic tour of historic theaters includes the Capitol, Victoria and Towngate, all in Wheeling; Strand in Moundsville and Lincoln in New Martinsville. Kelli Shapiro, a program associate ...

Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams will be on hand at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Heritage Port for the groundbreaking of Wheeling’s Gold Star Families Monument. The monument will be erected at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater at the port. The public is invited to attend in ...

Thirty public housing authorities in West Virginia were awarded more than $13.5 million in grants through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday. The funding from HUD’s Public Housing Capital Fund will help ...

The city administration is investigating complaints against St. Clairsville Police Chief Jeff Henry. Both Henry and a council member confirmed that police officers have approached city leaders regarding Henry’s alleged treatment of personnel. “There was a complaint made against me by ...

WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT From 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday, officers handled 20 traffic stops, three accidents and four miscellaneous calls. At 8 a.m., Kruger Street, assault and battery earlier. At 8:55 a.m., Joan Street, serve warrant. At 10:10 a.m., Edington Lane, civil ...