WHEELING – Members of the public told Ohio County Board of Education members Monday night they do not want later school start times in the district, even if an extra half-hour of sleep might benefit young minds. Thirteen delegations spoke before the board, with nearly all expressing ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The city of St. Clairsville now has four permanent pickleball courts outside the Unified Jr. Rec Center. City Recreation Director Eric Gay said he has been aware of the growing demand for pickleball, which is played inside the city's recreation center five days a ...
MOUNDSVILLE – The Marshall County Family Resource Network, in partnership with EQT and Marshall County Schools, has announced the installation of a new Community Blessing Box at McNinch Elementary School. The addition of the McNinch Elementary Blessing Box expands a growing network of community-supported food resources across Marshall County. Blessing Boxes are stocked with free, non-perishable food items that are available to anyone in need. The program operates on a simple principle: Take what you need, share what you can. The new box was installed with the assistance of volunteers ...
Ohio voters will not get the chance to eliminate property taxes in the state when they go to the polls this November. Organizers of a petition drive to get a proposed constitutional amendment banning property taxes on the ballot this fall need more time to gather the required number of signatures and are pushing the effort instead to 2027, Brian Massie, leader of Abolish Ohio Property Tax, said recently on the organization’s website AxOHTax.com. The group’s goal was to collect 620,000 signatures of registered voters to put the issue on the ballot this November, 200,000 more than ...
WHEELING – Mikaya Green, chair of The Friendlier City Project, has always felt it important that the Ohio Valley's LGBTQ+ community could celebrate its community at home, that there be a space that its members felt comfortable doing so. For the fourth year, that space is coming to downtown ...
Ohio County Schools released a statement Monday afternoon following the announcement that former Wheeling Middle School Principal Rich McCardle was charged with one felony count of child abuse. "The Ohio County Board of Education acknowledges the criminal charge brought against a former ...
