WHEELING — The oldest bridge in West Virginia — which is located in Elm Grove – is scheduled to be rehabilitated by the state Division of Highways early next year after two centuries of deterioration. The division is planning a $5.8 million project to improve the 202-year-old Elm Grove ...
WELLSBURG — Every year, leaders of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation recognize local veterans for their service to their country and community. “We (the foundation) choose veterans based on what they do both during and after war,” said Foundation President Janice ...
The head of the West Virginia University Health System believes its purchase of The Health Plan will improve the lives of Mountain State residents. Officials of The Health Plan, an insurance firm based in Wheeling, and the university’s health system, which operates as WVU Medicine, announced ...
WHEELING — Eva Nagem remembers when her mother Angela Nagem stayed up all night to complete a sewing job so that she could earn the few extra dollars she and her brother Tommy needed the next day for school projects. “My mother is a special taste of heaven here on earth,” Eva Marie said ...
WHEELING – What do you get when you take a heat of 200 adrenaline-filled fitness junkies, toss in a couple large wooden boxes filled with eyebolts and rope laced in a criss-cross pattern, and drop them in Center Wheeling on a Sunday afternoon? Well, if it’s Memorial Day weekend, you get ...
BETHANY — One of the youngest survivors of the Auschwitz and Sachenhausen concentration camps delivered a message of hope, encouragement and respect to Bethany College’s graduates Saturday during the school’s 179th Commencement Ceremony. “The U.S. is made up of such a wonderful mix ...
CHARLESTON - State and county officials are butting heads over the best way to reform the troubled Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The governor’s office wanted to give permanent oversight of the division to the West Virginia National Guard and take the guard from ...
WHEELING — The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has filed a motion to dismiss a sexual harassment suit against former Bishop Michael Bransfield. The civil court action filed Thursday in Ohio County Circuit Court denies accusations set forth in a complaint filed March 22 by a former altar ...
WHEELING — Attorneys for the Ohio County Board of Education say a civil suit filed by a former student alleging sexual harassment by a teacher should be thrown out of court, as the accusations are too old and Ohio County Schools can’t be held legally liable for employee misconduct. A ...
(Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a six-part series profiling the Wheeling Hall of Fame’s 2019 inductees.) WHEELING — A pioneering biochemist and a barrier-breaking national labor leader have been selected for the Wheeling Hall of Fame. Donald Mercer of Wheeling and the ...
WHEELING — Robert Dobkin, WesBanco trust officer, told graduating students of West Virginia Northern Community College to envision the next “checkpoint” in their journeys through life. “This greatness, your greatness, cannot end today. You must not rest your laurels,” Dobkin said to ...
MOUNDSVILLE -- First responders from across West Virginia sounded the alarm Friday about plans to reorganize the state's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and how what one member called the "militarization" of the agency could impact local control of their responses to ...
WHEELING — Eight -year-old Emmalee White’s bright smile spoke volumes while riding on her adaptive bike along side of her twin brother, Levi, for the very first time near Wheeling’s waterfront Thursday. The siblings were participating in a small bike parade with nearly a dozen families ...
WHEELING — Those in the Wheeling area suffering from drug addiction and their family or friends are welcome to enter a “judgment-free zone” to find resources and learn more information at an upcoming event. A resource fair titled “Discover Recovery” is set for 3 to 7 p.m. May 22 at ...
CHARLESTON — A senior adviser to Gov. Jim Justice will not be returning to the board of one of the largest natural gas companies in the country, a position that raised concerns about conflicts of interest. According to a press release, Bray Cary is one of three directors for EQT Corp. who ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After months of negotiation, Belmont County is on the path to having a humane officer in the coming months. On Wednesday, Belmont County Commissioners Josh Meyer, J.P. Dutton and Jerry Echemann signed a memorandum of understanding with the Belmont County Animal Rescue ...
WASHINGTON — Democrats call it a “constitutional crisis.” But is it? Stunned by the extent of the White House’s blanket refusal to comply with oversight by Congress, the Democrats warn that the Trump administration is shattering historic norms and testing the nation’s system of ...
WHEELING — Amid a drug crisis, an increase in crime, and changing perceptions toward police officers, Ohio County Circuit Judge Michael Olejasz thought it best Wednesday to ask the county’s law enforcement officers to stop and take a breath. Olejasz was the guest speaker as the Wheeling ...
WHEELING — City Council has approved changes designed to streamline enforcement of Wheeling’s property maintenance rules. Council members voted unanimously this week on an ordinance that will update how the property maintenance code is enforced. The updates will allow the city to resolve ...
LORDSTOWN — A deal that would breathe new life into the idled General Motors assembly plant is being negotiated, but if an agreement comes to pass it would end all hope of the automaker reopening the facility it made vehicles at for 53 years. GM confirmed Wednesday it is in the early stages ...