Wheeling Thursday News Today

The two were identified as Marisa Dister, 46, and Russell O’Connor, 44, who were found at a residence in the 300 block of West 12th Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A gun was recovered near their bodies.

An emergency at the city building in his hometown prohibited Huntington Mayor Steve Williams — a Democratic candidate for West Virginia governor — from making a scheduled stop in Moundsville Tuesday night. Williams had been set to attend a 6:30 meeting of Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee at Perkins Restaurant. But just before the event […]

WHEELING — Some newfound money at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital will go toward the build out of the new pediatrics clinic being constructed there. West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore came to Wheeling Thursday with a check to the hospital for $84,097. The money was due the hospital from his office’s unclaimed property fund, he explained. […]

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey stressed his record and accomplishments Thursday in Wheeling while telling Ohio County Republicans why he should be West Virginia’s next governor. Morrisey served as keynote speaker at the Ohio County GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Elm Grove Civics, which attracted a long list of Republican candidates seeking statewide […]

WHEELING — West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore — also an announced candidate for U.S. House in 2024 — contends the U.S. Department of Education needs to be eliminated, and the money saved given to parents who want to seek school alternatives for their children. Moore served as guest speaker for the West Virginia Republican Party’s […]

CHESTER — Mayor Ed Wedgewood shared a little good news during Monday afternoon’s regular council meeting. The city recently received a $3 million grant f

The group “I.G.N.I.T.E.  H.O.P.E.” invited the public to come together in Wheeling to discuss, educate, and combat the extremely serious issue of human trafficking that they say is not only an issue worldwide but also right in the tri-state area.   

WHEELING — A candidate with extensive background in the military, technology and cybersecurity is seeking a 2nd District U.S. House seat. Republican Joseph Earley was in Wheeling Thursday evening for a fundraiser in his honor at the Schwertfeger Shelter at Wheeling Park. The 2nd District seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., […]

Public mourning for four Buffalo Grove High School students killed this week in a car crash continued Thursday as a large crowd gathered at a roadside memorial in Wheeling.

(Stock) Police responded to a fatal car-vs.-pedestrian crash on Wolf Road near Manchester Drive in Wheeling Thursday night, Feb. 2. According to Wheeling police, dispatchers received a call at approximately 9:32 p.m. of a “motor vehicle crash with a person down.” Preliminary investigation indicated that a 53-year-old female Wheeling resident walked onto the roadway and