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John McCabe: Wheeling's Pension Success Was Not An Accident

Local Columns

There may be no more impactful topic over the past quarter-century than how the city of Wheeling handled its police and fire pension issues. This past Tuesday morning, as I read Eric Ayres’ story on the current state of Wheeling’s police and fire pension funds, I recalled my first real introduction into municipal pensions — and their problems — in the early 2000s. I found a news story I wrote in October 2000 outlining how the city then was being required to ingest additional money into the funds — at the time, the annual contribution was about $750,000 each — and then ...

Data Center Debate Demands Good Faith

Editorials

There are many legitimate questions that need answered about Silicon Foundation’s proposed data center and energy technology campus in Warwood. How much electricity will it consume? What will the noise impact be? How much water will it use? What safeguards will protect nearby residents? How many jobs will it create? And what exactly could this development look like 10 years from now? Ask those questions. But if opponents demand and receive answers from Silicon Foundation representatives and then simply declare those answers to be lies? There’s no point in that. That was ...

Bringing You The News For 174 Years

Editorials

There is plenty that has changed since the first day an Intelligencer came off the press in Wheeling -- 174 years ago today -- including the way you might be reading this. There's the tried and true print edition, a staple of this region since before West Virginia was even a state. You might also be reading this from your desktop or laptop computer. You could be viewing it from your tablet, or even from your mobile phone. In many ways, it's a reflection on our community's evolution. The major industries that have powered this region have grown. We've seen new ones enter and established ...

Flooding Is Not Just Elm Grove's Problem

Editorials

Wheeling city officials’ discussion of solving the flooding problems in the Elm Grove neighborhood couldn’t have come soon enough. Anytime there’s a hard rain, there’s a risk of waters coming onto the roadways — and sometimes coming into neighborhood businesses. Elm Terrace businesses got another dose of that this past June, when a short and strong storm put several inches of water into several shops in Elm Terrace. One business owner said her husband had to wade through waist-deep water in order to unclog a drain to allow the water to recede. That shopping plaza is the ...

Government Carrying Out the Lord's Work

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Matthew 25: 34-40 (Revised Standard Version, King James Bible) "Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we ...

Trump Should Not Have Accepted Plane

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Recent news reports described the security problems of the Air Force One airplane given to Trump by the Emir of Qatar. Trump responded with accusations, "who leaked the story about its security inadequacies?" Reporters focused on us taxpayers having to pay $400 million to upgrade the plane's security, in addition to the $400 million we've already paid. But no one is focusing on what happens to the airplane after Trump leaves office. It should not become his personal possession. That would be a prohibited bribe which the constitution calls an ...