WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling approved a significant revision to the 2025-26 budget as the fiscal year winds to a close over the next two weeks. Although the city will end the fiscal year with a balanced budget, concerns were raised over the fact that the Wheeling Fire ...
CHARLESTON – Officials leading several West Virginia departments and agencies briefed lawmakers Monday after audits released last month by Gov. Patrick Morrisey found more than $168 million in potential savings. Members of the West Virginia Legislature settled into the mountains of Tucker ...
The former chief of the Moundsville Fire Department is facing one child pornography-related charge, according to the West Virginia Magistrate database. Gary Brandon, 48, faces one count of distribution or exhibition of a visual portrayal of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct or computer-generated pornography, according to the database. He appeared in Marshall County Magistrate Court on June 12, where he pleaded not guilty. He posted 10% of his $25,000 bond and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 25. Brandon was fired April 24, Moundsville City Manager Rick Healy said ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets are rallying worldwide, and oil prices are easing after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Monday on hopes that this time, the announcement of an Iran-U.S. agreement will mean a ...
WELLSBURG – The rain Sunday afternoon didn’t dampen the spirits for those gathered at the Wellsburg Kiwanis Duck Derby. For the fifth year, area residents visited the Wellsburg Wharf to watch as hundreds of little rubber ducks were dropped into the Ohio River, each with a chance at ...
MOUNDSVILLE – Glass collectors and vendors from around the United States flocked to the Ohio Valley this weekend, as the Fostoria Glass Society of America hosted its 45th annual Glass Show and Sale. Fostoria Glass Society of America show chairman Chuck Hill said that the annual event, held ...
