FLUSHING — As the Underground Railroad Museum prepares to move from Flushing to its soon-to-be home, the Black Horse Inn in Morristown, museum Director Kristina Estle and board member Anthony Atkins have been planting the seeds of a new exhibit. Behind the scenes, the duo recently completed ...
WELLSBURG — Two dozen area residents had initial hearings in Brooke County Circuit Court this week after being indicted by a county grand jury. Among them was Charles Holden, 47, of 98 10th St., Wellsburg, who faces charges including DUI causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury, obstructing an officer and possession of a controlled substance. According to reports at the time of the incident, Holden was arrested March 4 after allegedly striking a utility pole along Eldersville Road and causing lines to fall on the roadway before ...
MORGANTOWN — As West Virginia marked another year of statehood and the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historians, alumni and community members gathered Thursday afternoon inside the Milano Reading Room at West Virginia University’s Downtown Library to reflect on the stories that ...
Photo by Shelley Hanson Visitors to the Centre Market area in Wheeling on Friday may have noticed scaffolding erected along one side of the lower market house. The structures are there while men work to remove the old shingles off the roof of the building in preparation for a new roof. The ...
MARTINS FERRY — Three Martins Ferry residents have been charged in separate child exploitation investigations after cyber tips led Belmont County detectives to allegedly discover child sexual abuse material on electronic devices. Michael Stiles, 21, and Hayley Lovell, 19, were arrested June 18 following an investigation by the Belmont County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Unit. Both were charged with pandering obscenities involving a minor, a second-degree felony. According to the sheriff's office, the investigation began after a cyber tip was received through the National ...
WHEELING — The Ohio County Republican Executive Committee has selected three candidates to fill the vacant District 4 House of Delegates seat, though the candidate who won the GOP nomination in the primary election is not among them. Derek Ennis could not apply to fill the seat vacated by now-West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Bill Flanagan because Ennis has not been affiliated with the Republican Party for more than a year, a state requirement for appointment. “I was a registered independent for a long time and changed my registration in October of 2025,” Ennis explained in a ...
