Stay updated with breaking news from Derek Redd. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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 […]
It has been a time of change at West Liberty University, with new university president Tim Borchers at the center of it. WLU announced in May that Borchers, then the vice president for academic affairs at Peru State College in Nebraska, would become WLU’s 38th president. Since then, he has had to mend fences following […]
Greg Smith speaks to the crowd gathered around him for his portrayal of Dr. John Eoff, perhaps the first medically educated doctor in Wheeling, near Eoff’s gravesite Sunday at Greenwood Cemetery. Smith was among a dozen people portraying notable Wheeling residents interred in Greenwood during cemetery’s historic tour sponsored by the Friends of Wheeling. (Photo […]
As the opening ceremony for the Wellsburg-Brilliant Bridge brought together residents and officials from both sides of the river on Wednesday, Ohio residents speculated about the new span’s pros and cons for the area. The bridge, which opened officially for traffic on Thursday, connects W.Va. 2 south of Wellsburg and Ohio 7. On the Ohio […]
It has been a time of change at West Liberty University, with new university president Tim Borchers at the center of it. WLU announced in May that Borchers, then the vice president for academic affairs at Peru State College in Nebraska, would become WLU’s 38th president. Since then, he has had to mend fences following […]