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Local Pizzerias Partner With Easterseals For Pizza Party Day

Easterseals Rehabilitation Center in Wheeling knows everyone loves pizza, and its current fundraiser is designed to capitalize on those cravings. Easterseals is hosting an online fundraiser and several in-person events to help celebrate Pizza Party Day on Friday, May 15. All proceeds will be used to help the 89-year-old nonprofit provide life-changing medical rehabilitation therapies, medical services, and autism testing for Ohio Valley children. The online fundraiser link is https://givebutter.com/eastersealspizzapartyday2026. This link also can be accessed on the Easterseals ...

Several Candidates Win In Unopposed Races Tuesday Night

WHEELING – Several candidates on ballots across the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia cruised to easy victories Tuesday night as they ran unopposed. Those securing party nominations during the primary will appear on the ballots again during the general election in November. Most will face political opponents in partisan races, while some will once again face no opposition during the general election in the fall. Candidates running unopposed in nonpartisan and municipal races were simply elected to those positions as a result of Tuesday's election. In the race for the Republican ...

Smith Defeats Bell In W.Va. House District 8 Race

The West Virginia House of Delegates will have a new member in its next session, as Doddridge County resident Steven Smith defeated incumbent Del. Bill Bell in the Republican primary Tuesday night. There was no Democratic nominee for that seat, so Smith will advance to the House. Smith defeated Bell in a district that includes Doddridge, Wetzel and Tyler counties 1,232-937 in the unofficial count. Bell was appointed to the seat in July 2025 to fill the spot vacated by David Kelly, who had been appointed to Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation earlier that ...

Tennant Takes Seat On Wetzel School Board, Glasscock And Castilow To Return

There will be one new -- and young -- face on the Wetzel County Board of Education, as Devon Tennant defeated incumbent Christine Nice on Tuesday in their election in Wetzel County. Tennant upended Nice 1,044-813. A 2023 graduate of Magnolia High School, Tennant is a student at Bethany College who also serves as an assistant funeral director in Hundred. He will join two other incumbents, who returned to their seats in Tuesday's election. Jimmy Glasscock retained his seat by holding off challenger Ronnie Wade, 1,061-787, while fellow incumbent Brian Castilow defeated Scott Emch, ...

Davis Voted To Tyler County Commission

Jeff Davis captured a seat on the Tyler County Commission, defeating Steven Weigle on Tuesday in the Republican primary. There was no Democratic candidate, so Davis will advance. Davis, a lifelong Tyler County resident, recently retired as treasurer and chief school business officer for the Tyler County Board of Education. His previous roles included Chief Financial Officer at Sistersville General Hospital and Operations Officer at Union Bank in Sistersville. All three levies on the ballot in Tyler County passed. The fire levy passed 1,315-573, while the Tyler County Schools levy ...

Wise wins Brooke County GOP vote

WELLSBURG — Incumbent Brooke County Commissioner Stacey "Hukill" Wise is on her way to another term. Wise, a Follansbee resident, defeated Kevin Himmelrick in Tuesday's Republican primary. She received 601 votes, while Himmelrick collected 564 votes, according to unofficial results from the Brooke County Board of Elections. No Democrat filed the seat, which means Wise will be unopposed in the Nov. 3 general election. "I'm grateful for the outcome," Wise said Tuesday night. "I am thankful for the support the community has given me through the years." Wise cautioned that even ...