TRIADELPHIA — West Liberty University’s College of Education and Human Performance is partnering with the National Alliance of Mental Illness to present a mental health conference today and Friday at the Highlands Event Center. Keynote speakers are mental health activist Gabe Howard today ...
The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. As veterans and world leaders commemorate the 75th anniversary of the operation, here’s a look at some details of D-Day: WHO TOOK PART Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in ...
WHEELING -- A Washington Post report, citing confidential Vatican records, shows that former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield paid $350,000 to other clergy -- some of whom he allegedly harassed -- from his personal account and then was reimbursed by the diocese. The Post ...
WHEELING -- A Washington Post report, citing confidential Vatican records, found that former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield spent $2.4 million on personal travel and $4.6 million to renovate his private residence in Wheeling. During his travel, Bransfield would utilize ...
Editor's note: This story and headline have been updated to replace the word 'abuse' with harassment. WHEELING -- Archbishop William Lori said Tuesday that an investigation has found that allegations of sexual harassment of adults by former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield ...
WHEELING -- Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese Bishop Michael Bransield "engaged in a patter of excessive and inappropriate spending" of diocesan funds during his 13-year tenure as bishop, a letter released today by Archbishop William Lori. Bransfield initiated and completed extensive and ...
Read Archbishop Lori's letter here WHEELING -- Following Tuesday's revelation that former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield had used diocesan funds for his personal gain, Archbishop William Lori said the bishop's residence, located in Wheeling's Parkview neighborhood ...
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press As the wave of troops sailed toward Omaha Beach in the early morning of June 6, 1944, Frank DeVita could hear the German machine gun fire striking the outside of his landing craft . His job was to lower the ramp when the craft got to the beach and then ...
CARENTAN, France (AP) — Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at. Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all - including a 97-year-old ...
WHEELING — City Manager Robert Herron was once again seated with Wheeling City Council at the body’s meeting Tuesday after being reinstated in his position with the city following his DUI arrest nearly three months ago. Herron resumed his duties as city manager May 28 after council voted ...
PARKERSBURG — Education officials throughout West Virginia are teaming up to help students “Be A Game Changer” in the fight against opioid addiction. Officials held a press conference Tuesday at the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to announce the WVSSAC-MVB Bank ...
Photo by Alan Olson Wheeling police and fire department personnel responded to a 911 call about an elderly woman who apparently had been pushed into the Ohio River at Heritage Port on Tuesday night. The woman was able to drag herself out, according to WFD Capt. Eric Cianelli. Police ...
WHEELING — Belying its name, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry drew its Civil War membership from a tri-state area: western Virginia, eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Authors David W. Mellott and Mark A. Snell spoke Tuesday at the Ohio County Public Library about their new book, ...
CHARLESTON — With a month left in the fiscal year, tax collections for May continue a 14-month streak of surpluses. Tax collections for May were $380.9 million, which was $46.4 million above the updated revenue estimates released two weeks ago. The May numbers also were 15.8 percent above ...
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Police are investigating a fatal accident Monday morning involving a Weirton man. Police were called shortly after 9 a.m. Monday about a pickup truck, driven by Harvey Sourbeer, 90, of Point Harbor, N.C., which struck and killed Robert Rawlings, 82, who was a ...
John Marshall baseball standout Shane Dobbs recently signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at West Liberty University. Dobbs played baseball four seasons at John Marshall, lettering three years and was selected to play in the OVAC All-Star Game. Dobbs is ...
The men who fought on D-Day, June 6, 1944, are now in their 90s or 100s, wrinkled and often moving with the help of a cane or wheelchair. Their hands often tremble and their voices shake as they labor to speak. But 75 years ago they were young men, many in their teens, preparing to go to ...
Covenant Community Church will celebrate it 16th year of bringing the C3 Soccer Camp to Wheeling when the annual camp opens Sunday and continues through Tuesday on the campus of The Linsly School. The camp, which is a tri-state fixture, will draw more than 400 children for the three-night ...
In celebration of Wheeling’s 250th birthday, Pop-Up History will bring historical figures back to life, as reenactors will be reliving their lives at their places of work every other week throughout the coming months. Wheeling Island resident Greg Smith, a Friends of Wheeling board member, ...
The Wheeling Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday at the Marathon Gas Station at 2060 National Road in the Elm Grove neighborhood. The store clerk told police the suspect robbed the business at knifepoint a few minutes before 2 a.m. According to ...