WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly less than half of U.S. adults believe that Black people face “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of discrimination in the United States, according to a poll. That’s a decline from the solid majority, 60%, who thought Black Americans faced high levels of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles. Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks. There’s no official count, but experts say a particularly wet spring may have created the ideal conditions for young fireflies to grow into adults to ...
Wheeling Middle School teacher Tiffany Barnes has been named one of five finalists for the West Virginia Department of Education's State Teacher of the Year award. Barnes teaches special education at Wheeling Middle. She holds a professional teaching certification endorsed in ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is bringing his national speaking tour to Wheeling. According to Sanders' website, he will hold a leg of his "Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here" tour Aug. 8 at the Capitol Theatre. Doors open at the theatre at 3:30 p.m., with his speaking program ...
The Marshall County Back 2 School Fun Fair celebrated 25 years of preparing parents and students for the coming school year Wednesday. A line of parents and students eager to pick up school supplies snaked around the West Virginia Penitentiary, with the fair serving more than 1,200 students ...
