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WHEELING — The Easterseals Rehabilitation Center board of directors elected Regional Economic Development Partnership president and CEO Joshua Jefferson to a two-year term as chairperson at its annual organizational meeting on Sept. 15. Jefferson joined the Easterseals board in 2018 and served as vice chairperson from 2021-2023. The Moundsville native and West Virginia University graduate […]

WHEELING — What Ohio County Assistant Prosecutor Shawn Turak believes would have been a 2 1/2-week trial was condensed into a half-hour news conference Thursday, where police and prosecutors in the case of the murder of a man and his pregnant girlfriend outlined the evidence and testimony they would have used during the trial that […]

WHEELING — An 18-year-old Wheeling man was charged Friday with DUI causing death in the crash that killed Wheeling Park High School student Devin Sovinsky. According to a Wheeling Police Department release, Cory Joseph Sipos was charged with one felony count of DUI causing death. Sipos was arraigned Friday morning in front of an Ohio […]

WHEELING — A national blood supply shortage has created a need for Ohio County residents to donate blood and encourage friends and family members to give blood as well. The urgent need for blood was declared in August at the Red Cross, as Executive Director of the American Red Cross of the Ohio River Valley […]

CHARLESTON — As West Virginia University’s Board of Governors prepares to take action on recommended program and faculty cuts later this week, the university explained those cuts to lawmakers Monday morning. The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing from Rob Alsop, vice president for strategic initiatives at WVU, on the […]

About 100 customers in North Wheeling were without water Monday and part of Market Street in the area was blocked off as crews repaired a water valve and main underneath Market Street. Assistant City Manager Bill Lanham said crews were replacing a water valve that was original to the city’s system dating back to the […]

Wheeling Park High School marching band member Landon Smeltz performs a verse from “My Shot” from the musical “Hamilton” during Saturday’s first competition of the West Virginia Governor’s Cup Marching Band Series at Monarch Stadium in Moundsville. Five bands competed in total. The Patriots were second runner-up Saturday, with Philip Barbour first runner-up and Paden […]

WELLSBURG — When the new bridge spanning the Ohio River between Wellsburg and Brilliant, Ohio, opens on Sept. 20, it will appear much like a street fair, with live music, food vendors and a classic car cruise. That’s because the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce has been working with others to plan a celebration around the […]

WHEELING — Centre Foundry and Machine — a Warwood-based business older than the state of West Virginia itself — is planning to close, a move that United Steelworkers representatives said “blindsided” those working at the business. Tom Hoffman, recording secretary of United Steelworkers Local 4842, confirmed the plans. He said that 36 union members will […]

CHARLESTON — E. Gordon Gee, the president of West Virginia University, did not survive a second attempt at a no confidence vote, with a majority of full-time faculty voting Wednesday against his leadership. Nearly 900 members of WVU’s University Assembly, representing full time facility on campuses in Morgantown, Potomac State University in Keyser and WVU […]