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American Legion Post No. 1 to hold Veterans Day ceremony

American Legion Post No. 1 in Wheeling will host a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at WesBanco Arena. The guest speaker for this year’s event is Frank Vitale, president and CEO of Forge Business Solutions and the civilian aide for the Secretary of the Army for West Virginia. He also is an adjunct assistant professor at West Virginia University. With nearly two decades of service in the U.S. Army Reserves and the West Virginia Army National Guard, Vitale achieved the rank of Captain. He concluded his military career as the Senior Officer Instructor for the Officer Candidate ...

Salvation Army in urgent need of food, holiday assistance

With the federal government shutdown exacerbating needs that already are crucial, the Salvation Army is asking the Ohio Valley to help assist in its mission to provide food and other assistance to those it helps. The Salvation Army said that, some days, as many as four times the number of people as usual come through its doors looking for food assistance. Many of them have never asked for assistance before. Many are families with young children or those living on a fixed income. “We are grateful to everyone who has already stepped up to assist,” Salvation Army Lt. John Lawrence ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:11 p.m. Monday, units responded to an address on Church Street in Barton for a report of a female needing a mental health evaluation. She went willingly with an emergency medical service squad, according to the report. At 10:10 p.m. Monday, an officer responded to a report of a traffic jam or blocked road on the Interstate 70 on ramp at exit 208 in Richland Township. There was a collection of semi trucks, according to the report. The semis were moved. At 9:54 p.m. Monday, a caller reported that a man in a white truck with a black ...

The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce receives encouragement

STEUBENVILLE — Former Major League Baseball coach and Jefferson County native Rich Donnelly said Wednesday he was fortunate to have been part of a world championship-winning baseball team twice and knows what it takes to attain a goal. Donnelly told the many attending the Jefferson County ...

Capito: Bipartisan talks occurring as government shutdown enters week five

CHARLESTON — The federal government is entering yet another week shut down amidst disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate, though West Virginia’s senior senator sees some light at the end of the tunnel. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held a conference call Thursday morning to update reporters on the latest in negotiations on Capitol Hill to reopen the federal government, which has been shut down for the last 31 days. “I’ve said repeatedly…that (a government shutdown is) the road to nowhere,” Capito said. “It’s actually more miserable ...