WASHINGTON (AP) — How fragile is the global economy? The U.S.-China trade war is weakening businesses in both countries, Germany’s economy shrank in the second quarter, and Britain appears headed for a disruptive exit from the European Union this fall. Those trends have hammered American ...

WHEELING Wheeling University announced Friday that it has been fully reauthorized by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and will welcome students for the 2019-20 academic year, which begins on Aug. 27. “This reauthorization is an important validation of the rigor and ...

NEW MANCHESTER — Authorities say one woman is dead and three others — including the suspect — were injured during a shooting Wednesday evening. Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher held a brief press conference late Wednesday inside the Hancock County Courthouse in New Cumberland. ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Commissioners recognized the county Department of Job and Family Services staff for their work in collecting child support for area youth. August is Child Support Awareness Month in Ohio, and DJFS Director Vince Gianangeli noted that child support ...

CADIZ — A local man accused of raping a 19-year-old appeared for a pre-trial hearing earlier this week. Logan Murral 28, of Bowerston, is charged with rape, a felony of the first degree. He appeared before Judge T. Shawn Hervey Tuesday morning at the Harrison County Courthouse. The case ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Health plans to ask Belmont County commissioners to address maintenance and repairs at the county-owned building occupied by the health department. At their monthly meeting Monday, board members expressed concern about the condition of the ...

BETHESDA — The economic future of Belmont County was the topic of discussion during lunch at the Bethesda-Morristown Rotary Club. Belmont County Port Authority Director Larry Merry spoke while the rotary club broke bread at the at the Bethesda Community Center. The oil and gas industry and ...

WHEELING — Gov. Jim Justice and other state and federal representatives delivered a singular message Tuesday to the students of Wheeling University: “We’re not going to close this school.” Justice referred to ongoing administrative issues and the university’s mounting financial ...

BELLAIRE -- A woman who reportedly was abducted by a man following an argument Thursday afternoon at the Belle Village Apartments in Bellaire has been found, according to the Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas. Lucas said Jamie Jackson went into the apartment complex's manager's office shortly ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A specialized court that aims to reunite local families received recertification from the state’s high court and will continue its work in Belmont County. Belmont County Juvenile and Probate Judge Al Davies took over management of the Belmont County Family Dependency ...

MARTINS FERRY — A group formed to help revitalize the Purple City is doing all it can to halt the close of the community’s hospital. Project Forward President the Rev. William O. Webster Jr. said the economic development organization offers its full support to East Ohio Regional Hospital ...

MONACA, Pa. — The President is crackers about the developing cracker plant in Pennsylvania - and job creation and the economy. He touted all of them — and himself — Tuesday afternoon. The Commander in Chief, Donald Trump, was in Potter Township, Beaver County, touring the massive ...

DAYTON (AP)— One of the first victims struck by the Dayton shooter during his 32-second rampage that left nine people dead was his younger sister, but whether he intentionally killed her remains unknown more than a week later, the Ohio city’s police chief said Tuesday. Investigators have ...

WHEELING — “I’m glad to see it open again,” a motorist yelled from her car Tuesday afternoon just before crossing the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge. She was referring to West Virginia Division of Highways crews reopening the 170-year-old structure shortly after they finished ...

WOODSFIELD — The decision regarding who will purchase the Monroe County Care Center remains up in the air. At Monday’s regularly scheduled Monroe County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners drafted a statement in response to Carson McCurdy’s letter to the editor published in ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Tia Benson will spend seven and a half years in prison for her role in the kidnapping and robbery of two juveniles at gunpoint. The incident occurred when when the teen driver and her passenger picked up Benson and her co-defendant while they were hitchhiking along Ohio 7 ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Several sex-based criminal cases were heard by Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Frank Fregiato on Monday. Cody Brunner, 30, of 1439 Pearl St., Moundsville was sentenced to the maximum of one and half years in prison for gross sexual imposition, a felony of the fourth ...

WOODSFIELD — The Monroe County Board of Commissioners is working with an economic development consultant to secure $20 million in grant funds to support development of a 485-megawatt natural gas power plant. The Ohio Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or BUILD, grant will ...

WHEELING — West Virginia Division of Highways District Bridge Engineer Patrick Gurrera said the state is working as quickly as it can to reopen the 170-year-old Wheeling Suspension Bridge as crews worked Monday to install temporary hard barriers at both entrances to the historic ...

MARTINS FERRY — Work to replace the roofs of Martins Ferry Schools buildings is expected to be complete by January, said Superintendent Jim Fogle. “It’s going really well,” Fogle said this week. “Mansuetto Roofing has been top-notch.” The $7 million job to replace the roofs on ...