WHEELING — The Wheeling Fire Department has received federal funds to hire six additional firefighters as first responders gear up to respond to incidents during Interstate 70 construction. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., announced this week that the Wheeling ...
MOUNDSVILLE — A former assistant director of the Moundsville Housing Authority claims she was fired by the authority after she reported alleged incidents of discrimination against numerous classes of people, including disabled, black, Hispanic and young applicants. A civil suit filed in ...
WHEELING – When Wheeling Police Sgt. Gregg McKenzie retires his badge today, he won’t be far from the work he has known and cherished for the past 25 years. McKenzie, who began his career in law enforcement in Wheeling on Oct. 11, 1994 as a patrol officer, will retire from the post of ...
WHEELING – The West Virginia Division of Highways announced that there will be four separate intermittent closures from 7 a.m.to 11 a.m. Sunday, each lasting up to 15 minutes on Interstate 70 east of the Wheeling Tunnel. The West Virginia State Police will conduct rolling roadblocks to ...
WHEELING – Members of the Wheeling Traffic Commission on Thursday discussed improving parking in downtown and Center Wheeling by changing loading zones and adding metered parking in certain areas. The commission ultimately decided to table several requests for parking changes to allow for ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Several cases involving alleged child victims were in court Thursday morning. Dylan Bryan Baird, 26, of 20 Maple St., Bridgeport appeared before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John Vavra. Baird pleaded innocent to a count of endangering children, a felony of the third ...
WHEELING — Five local families were presented with “life-changing equipment” for assisting children with disabilities when Variety visited WesBanco Arena in Wheeling during its Children’s Charity’s Life-Changing Tour for Kids this week. Partnering with Southwestern Energy, Variety ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — City Council President Tim Porter stepped down as president of the St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday after an audio recording of him voicing profanity and making a racial slur was sent to numerous entities and media outlets. Chamber Director Wendy ...
CHARLESTON — State officials handling the $149 million flood recovery program — for those still rebuilding from the 2016 floods — disputed statements alleging that Thompson Construction Group and its subcontractor are overspending and skirting state laws. Randy Young, owner of ANR ...
WHEELING — The comprehensive education bill passed by West Virginia lawmakers this year will give all teachers in the state a $500 attendance bonus if they call off fewer than four days during the school year. In Ohio County, the $500 will be in addition to the $1,350 attendance incentive ...
WHEELING – Downtown Wheeling’s distinctive Flatiron Building on Main Street is now home to a coffee shop that its owners hope will brew some lively conversations. “Our main goal is to create a space that welcomes the community and gives people a forum to express themselves, to have ...
WHEELING – Ohio County Schools is considering the pros and cons of starting school later at Wheeling Park High School. The issue was addressed during a board of education work session Wednesday morning, though before any change is made a lot more discussion must take place, according to ...
WHEELING – The Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling University will host a Girls in Space Day this weekend with visiting classes from regional schools. In these interactive STEM learning experiences, students work together in teams to learn core scientific principles and develop their ...
SHADYSIDE — A former Shadyside resident has been sentenced in federal court after being convicted of mislabeling weight loss drugs from China and re-selling them. Crystal Ware, 33, formerly of Shadyside and now an Alabama resident, was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Columbus ...
The Wheeling Fire Department responded to a call of loose debris falling from a building at the 1400 block of Market Street Wednesday evening. Firefighters said they were called by a concerned passerby, who said loose shingles were falling from the vacant property, which is owned by the ...
WHEELING — Mayor Glenn Elliott sent a letter Friday to the West Virginia Department of Transportation requesting that it reconsider its decision to indefinitely close the Wheeling Suspension Bridge. In the letter, addressed to Transportation Secretary Byrd White, Elliott suggests that the ...
WHEELING — While the Spruce Street Bridge over Interstate 470 in Bethlehem is scheduled to be closed to traffic for four months, the project is to be expedited to avoid any conflicts once the I-70 Bridges Project gets into full swing early next year. The Spruce Street Bridge deck ...
WHEELING — Additional poll workers are needed to help conduct the Nov. 9 special election in Ohio County, when voters will be asked to renew an excess levy for Ohio County Schools. Toni Chieffalo, coordinator of elections for Ohio County, said at least 180 poll workers are needed to work ...
(AP) — Samuel Little’s depravity is matched only by his prodigious memory. Little, a California inmate considered by the FBI to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, has confessed to 93 slayings committed across the country between 1970 and 2005, recounting the crimes with ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The long-planned asbestos abatement and demolition of a former school building dating from 1915 has hit another snag, since the plan to halve the cost of asbestos abatement may not be permissible. However, the Belmont County Land Reutilization Corp., commonly called the ...
