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WHEELING – First responders, city leaders and clergy members representing many different churches in Wheeling gathered Monday for the annual Sept. 11 Service of Remembrance at Heritage Port.
WHEELING — Purchases for the city’s police and fire departments and a year-end budget review are on tap this evening when Wheeling City Council members meet. The second regular city council meeting of the month is scheduled to take place at 5:30 p.m. tonight in council chambers inside the City-County Building on Chapline Street downtown. […]
WHEELING — City Police have arrested and charged a man involved in Wednesday afternoon’s stabbing inside a Center Wheeling home. Police have charged John E. Hampton, 38, of Wheeling with one count of attempted murder. Police said Hampton stabbed a female in the 2200 block of Lane E around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. After the stabbing, […]
May 4, 2021 James Blazier Selected as Next City of Wheeling Fire Chief WHEELING, W.VA. – City Manager Robert Herron has announced that James Blazier, a 32-year veteran of the Wheeling Fire Department, has been selected as the next fire chief upon the retirement of current chief, Larry Helms, effective July 1. “James’ education and professional experience is a great fit for the Chief’s role. I believe he will continue the tradition of excellence in fire, rescue and EMS that the residents of Wheeling have grown accustomed while advancing the department,” said Herron. A life-long resi...
From Staff Reports WHEELING — One person is dead and three more were injured after a multi-vehicle crash at the merge point of Interstate 70 and Interstate 470 East in Elm Grove on Sunday evening. The crash happened around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl said. Based on initial reports, Stahl said, a delivery truck hit a passenger vehicle, and the passenger vehicle then hit a semi truck. The woman driving the passenger vehicle died, Stahl said. The delivery truck caught on fire, which prompted a full response by the Wheeling Fire Department. At one point, ...