Having a coat of arms comes from Church tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. This ecclesiastical shield is symbolic of the Catholic bishop’s “signature” to identify his office, pastoral mission, and values. The blue field symbolizes the Blessed Virgin Mary, patroness of the ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito are supporting different GOP statehouse candidates in the May 12 primary election, as affiliated groups increasing their spending on races. On Thursday, Morrisey put out a call on his personal social media ...
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Rev. Mark E. Brennan, 79, as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, and has appointed the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, currently auxiliary bishop of Washington, as his successor. The resignation and appointment ...
Editor's note: This information is provided by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar was born Aug. 14, 1970, in Chalatenango, El Salvador. He migrated to the United States in 1990 and in 2023 became the first Salvadoran bishop in the country. Menjivar ...
Marshall County has long been a leader in West Virginia in natural gas production, so the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce wanted to get leaders within the energy industry together with leaders from the fields of education, government, law enforcement and more to discuss what the county has ...
WHEELING – The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 2025-26 season on Friday, May 8, with a Masterworks concert titled Take Me Home at the Capitol Theatre. The concert will feature electric violinist Tracy Silverman and a program that includes Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 – also known ...
