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Wheeling man gets life with parole possibility in wife’s killing

A Wheeling man will serve life in prison with the possibility of parole after being sentenced Thursday in the First Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia for the first-degree murder of his wife on Wheeling Island. Though parole is possible, Dwayne Herring, 54, was sentenced by Circuit Judge ...

Police Reports

Belmont County Sheriff's Office At 10:47 p.m. Monday, a caller from the West Texas Roadhouse on National Road in St. Clairsville reported that a truck with Pennsylvania plates had been running for approximately two hours in the front lot. Officers responded and reported that the driver had ...

JCESC Family Support Specialist makes 1,000th home visit

STEUBENVILLE – Families in crisis are learning they have a valuable advocate in the Jefferson County Educational Service Center Family Support Specialist program, now marking it’s 1000th home visit. Family Support Specialist Mary Kakascik said the grant-funded program has snowballed since ...

St. Clairsville woman dances her way to 103 years old

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Ann O’Donnell spent her 103rd birthday by dancing the day away. O’Donnell, a resident at Senior Suites at St. Clair Commons, spent Wednesday afternoon celebrating with family, friends, staff, and other suite residents in the building’s dining room. O’Donnell was ...

Barnesville North water line extension project progresses

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a memorandum of agreement that represented the next steps in the Barnesville North water line extension project in Kirkwood Township. The memorandum adopts the environmental review record for the project, a ...