By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, BASSEM MROUE, SEUNG MIN KIM and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of ...
WHEELING — Commemorating Juneteenth is not just about looking back at history, but also seeing the parallels with today’s world and appreciating past sacrifices, according to local speakers. A beautiful day Friday brought the public to Market Plaza in downtown Wheeling for a Juneteenth ...
WHEELING — As Ohio Valley families gather this weekend to celebrate Father's Day, some residents shared a few lessons learned from their dads — good or bad. Martins Ferry resident Larry Deaton said he doesn't have many memories of his father, Phillip Deaton, because he worked a lot in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
