WHEELING — With the city’s 18th annual chili cook-off set to turn up the heat next month, organizers are hoping that children in the area get the “Wheeling Feeling” as well this year. The Wheeling Feeling Chili Cook-Off, scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. June 1 at Heritage Port, now ...
MORGANTOWN — Treating a stubborn blood disease that strikes children may come down to tweaking energy production in stem cells, suggests research from West Virginia University. Wei Du, an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy, is investigating the link between how stem cells make ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Now that the weather is warming up, East Ohio motorists can expect to encounter more than just cars and trucks on local roadways. Horse-drawn buggies operated by Amish residents of the region often are out traveling rural roads. Drivers should use caution in areas where ...
MORGANTOWN — The three inductees for the 2019 West Virginia Business Hall of Fame share a common thread: They all acquired a taste for business in West Virginia, and have found incredible success in the state and far beyond. The honorees are Bill Bayless, CEO of American Campus Communities ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Alabama’s restrictive new abortion law stirring divisions on the right, President Donald Trump implored anti-abortion activists to stay united heading into the 2020 election even as he laid out where his personal views differ from the legislation. In a series of ...
WHEELING — The box containing a deceased veteran’s flag means a lot to surviving family members, and perhaps just as much to the jail inmate who crafted it. Inmates at the West Virginia Northern Regional Jail Corrections Center have the opportunity to learn woodworking skills while in ...
WHEELING — With an increase in the number of crashes in the Two-Mile Hill section of Interstate 70 in recent years, Ohio County Sheriff Tom Howard said his department and other local officials are looking for ways to make that section of highway as safe as possible. Howard said he continues ...
WHEELING — For a local group of friends who regularly compete together in different fitness challenges around the region, the weekend of events and entertainment scheduled as part of the the Ogden Wellness Weekend is something they are truly excited to see in their own back yard. Wheeling ...
WHEELING — Elementary students simulated assembling a lunar rover and programmed it on a mission to explore and gather samples on the surface of the moon Saturday. The students were participants in a Remake Learning Community outreach program at the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling ...
MARTINS FERRY — Hungarian music and smells of food filled Walnut Street Saturday as dozens of locals of Hungarian ancestry, and many more guests, gathered for the City of Martins Ferry’s inaugural Hungarian Festival. The First Presbyterian Church was a center of of activity and hosted ...
WHEELING — A new addiction recovery center, the largest facility of its kind in West Virginia, is now just a few weeks away from opening. The Serenity Hills Life Center, located on 149 acres of land near Clearview, will provide long-term care to women recovering from drug addiction in the ...
WHEELING — The Ohio County Board of Education on Friday approved the second grouping of bond construction bids, which came in more than $550,000 under budget. The bid to do work at Bridge Street Middle School was awarded to the lowest bidder, Lombardi Construction of Follansbee, who ...
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a six-part series profiling the Wheeling Hall of Fame’s 2019 inductees.) WHEELING — Two educators and religious leaders have been selected for the Wheeling Hall of Fame. Sister Joanne Gonter, VHM, and the late Rev. Willie F. Stinson are ...
WHEELING — The attorney for teachers suing former Bridge Street Middle School Principal Joseph Kolb for sexual harassment said they don’t know yet how they will proceed following Kolb’s resignation from the job Friday. At a special meeting of the Ohio County Board of Education Friday, ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from the 1970s through the 1990s, and numerous university officials got wind of what was going on over the years but did little or nothing to stop him, according to a report released by the school ...
Read the lawsuit against Joseph Kolb and the Ohio County Board of Education WHEELING -- The Ohio County Schools principal accused in the sexual harassment of three teachers is no longer on the job. Ohio County Board of Education this morning accepted the resignation of Bridge Street Middle ...
WHEELING — The current leaders of the Boys Scouts of America were educated in West Virginia, and the group’s future top executives likely will be graduates of West Virginia University, according to WVU President E. Gordon Gee. Gee served as keynote speaker for Ohio River Valley Council Boy ...
WHEELING — Ohio County Schools is looking to ways to make it easier for those with extensive math and science backgrounds — but not an education degree — to get the training they need to be certified to teach in the school district. Ohio County Schools Human Resources Director Susan ...
WHEELING — The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance Thursday that will allow an art gallery in East Wheeling to add a small parking lot with two spaces. Board members voted unanimously to approve a variance for Clientele Art Studio, 43 15th St., to reduce the number of ...