A Pittsburgh police SWAT team early Tuesday arrested a Pittsburgh man accused of making threats toward schools and businesses in Wheeling. According to information from the Pittsburgh Police Department, SWAT officers arrested the suspect, identified Monday by Wheeling police as Ryan Charles ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped down below 6% for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last March. According to WorkForce West Virginia, the state’s unemployment rate for March was 5.9%. West Virginia’s March unemployment ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Health Department board is anticipating vaccinating college students this week against the COVID-19 pandemic, and will approach the county commissioners about the possibility of a new and bigger headquarters in the future. Board member Joel Braido ...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights ...
A Pittsburgh police SWAT team early Tuesday arrested a Pittsburgh man accused of making threats toward schools and businesses in Wheeling. According to information from the Pittsburgh Police Department, SWAT officers arrested the suspect, identified Monday by Wheeling police as Ryan Charles ...
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has paused all Johnson & Johnson vaccine administration according to the recommendation Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Clinics scheduled to use the Johnson & Johnson ...
WHEELING — If the Ohio County Board of Education continues holding to the project timeline, the new multi-use athletic field at Wheeling Park High School could be ready by next school year. The board heard from Sean Doyle, director of operations for McKinley Architecture and Engineering, at ...
Despite unseasonably cool temperatures Monday, visitors still made it a priority to take in the annual breathtaking displays of colorful tulips at Oglebay Park’s Bissonnette Gardens. As visitors strolled along the meandering red brick path, located between the park’s main offices and the ...
WHEELING — Coming off a year that was as much online as in-school, participants in a survey heavily favored a later return to school, with a 2021-2022 school year of August 25 to May 27. There were 1,106 who participated in the survey, consisting of 606 parents, 353 county employees, 73 ...
Within the boundaries of West Virginia, there have been more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered since shots started going in arms. According to the Department of Health and Human Resources website, 661,687 first doses have been given out, while 461,008 have now been fully ...
WHEELING — Officials behind the Woda Cooper Companies’ proposed Marsh Wheeling Lofts believe there is a healthy market for residential living in downtown Wheeling that is not at risk of being “oversaturated” by the abundance of projects that are moving forward. Thomas Simons, senior ...
CHARLESTON — The faith-based community can take a leadership role in encouraging residents to become vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus, state officials said Monday. “Many parishioners are watching the heads of the parishes, whether it’s the pastors or the reverends or the ...
According to the West Virginia Division of Highways, beginning Wednesday, the on-ramp from Mount de Chantal Road to I-70 Eastbound will be restricted to 12 feet wide in order to allow for substructure concrete bridge repairs. This restriction will begin at 7 a.m. daily and continue for ...
Police responding to a disturbance picked up a man who they say was high on drugs, and who continued to attempt to talk to the child he thought was with him, while sitting alone in the back of a police cruiser. On March 13, Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies and McMechen police responded to ...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon ...
The Wheeling Police Department is seeking the whereabouts of a person who made several threatening phone calls to local schools, businesses and individuals Monday morning. The threats were various in nature, including a bomb threat and the use of lethal force. An arrest warrant has been ...
The Wheeling Police Department is seeking the whereabouts on a person who made several threatening phone calls to local schools, businesses and individuals Monday morning. The threats were various in nature, including a bomb threat and the use of lethal force. An arrest warrant has been issued ...
CHARLESTON — Despite the crash and burn of the personal income tax phase-out bill, Gov. Jim Justice and leaders of the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates called the 2021 legislative session a success. The Legislature adjourned Saturday night at midnight, ending 60 days operating ...
U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., will serve as speaker at Wheeling University’s 63rd commencement ceremony set for 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 1 at Bishop Schmitt Field. “It is a great privilege to have Congressman McKinley serve as our commencement speaker and offer the Class of 2021 ...
CHARLESTON — A compromise was reached between the West Virginia Senate and the House of Delegates on a bill creating a better property tax valuation system for oil and natural gas wells and effect tax revenue for counties House Bill 2581, providing for the valuation of natural resources ...
