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2026 Football Preview Debuts Today

WHEELING — Weekends run like clockwork in the fall. Saturdays are for college football, Sundays are for the pros and Fridays are for the kind of football that holds a special place of honor in communities across the Ohio Valley — the kind of football we present to you today in The ...

Heavy Rains Cause Flooding Issues Throughout Ohio Valley

More than an inch of rain fell Thursday morning in parts of the Ohio Valley, which downed trees, made roads treacherous and forced high school football games to find new sites to play. The area found itself under a flash flood warning Thursday morning and a flood watch into Thursday ...

Remaining Charges Dismissed in Election Mailer Scandal

WHEELING — All remaining charges in the criminal case involving controversial, anonymous mailers sent to the public ahead of Wheeling’s 2024 municipal election have been dismissed. Anand Arvind Patel, 42, of Wheeling, had been scheduled for a jury trial later this month on two counts of ...

Capito Expecting To Be Busy Following Senate Recess

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has spent her recess crisscrossing West Virginia, looking at the progress that has been made in many of its corners. The West Virginia Republican was at the Mitchell Power Plant in Marshall County on Tuesday and made a stop in Morgantown on Wednesday to witness ...

Marshall County Family Resource Network Marks 30 Years

MOUNDSVILLE — The Marshall County Family Resource Network celebrated its 30th anniversary Wednesday with an open house at its office at 1501 Second St. Lisa Zukoff, one of the FRN’s founding board members, said the agency helps connect residents with agencies that provide resources ...

Health Grants Aim to Fill Gaps Across the Ohio Valley

BRIDGEPORT — The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley awarded a total of $139,015 to 17 local organizations Wednesday morning through its River Valley Health Fund. The awards were announced during a banquet at Bridgeport Exempted Village School District’s recently opened “The ...