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Highway Patrol: Juvenile killed in Monroe County Crash

WOODSFIELD -- A juvenile was killed and three others were injured Tuesday evening in a single-vehicle crash in Monroe County that authorities say may have involved alcohol or drug impairment. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at about 5:15 p.m. on Township Road 350, also known as Wolf Pen Road, in Center Township. According to the patrol, Britney N. Timberman, 39, of Woodsfield was driving a 2006 Honda Accord southbound when she failed to maintain control. The vehicle traveled off the left side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned. A juvenile passenger ...

Harrison recalls military service before and after 9/11

The eight years Jeremy Harrison served in the Army Reserves and on active duty in the Middle East were split by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. A resident of Glen Dale, Harrison enlisted in 1997, not too long after he had graduated from Wheeling Park High School, and was honorably discharged in ...

Flight 93 Memorial visitors revisit moments from 9/11

September 11, 2001 is a day that many Americans will never forget. Thoughts of where people were, what they saw and how they felt that day remain in their minds 25 years later. At the Flight 93 National Memorial Park, visitors carry those memories with them as they honor the 40 passengers and ...

Rides, wheels and thrills return to Belmont County Fair

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Hold onto your hats, the rides at the 177th annual Belmont County Fair are operational for people of all ages. The rides opened to the public at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will continue through the entirety of the fair. The ride hours will be Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday ...

Cost of living drives battleground Senate race in Ohio

As inflation concerns dominate the midterm landscape, the candidates in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race are offering competing solutions to bring costs down. Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a ...

Wheeling to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

WHEELING — Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom said remembrance ceremonies for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are just as important now as ever, and perhaps even more important. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on American soil. "That means an entire generation has grown up since and does not remember what life was like before and how we all felt that day," he said. "What was lost, in addition to the thousands of lives that morning, was perhaps our national sense of innocence." Wheeling will hold its annual Sept. 11 ...