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West Virginia funding for food banks during SNAP shutdown grows to $8.6M

CHARLESTON — With the federal government shutdown going into its second month and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits paused as of Saturday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey is directing more state funding to West Virginia’s largest food banks. In a press conference Friday afternoon at the Governor’s Reception Room at the State Capitol Building, Morrisey announced an additional $2.5 million was being sent to the state’s two largest food banks — Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway and Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington — to purchase food. Those organizations are also ...

Washington Lands Elementary School conducts annual pumpkin drop experiment

MOUNDSVILLE — Washington Lands Elementary School students had quite a few great pumpkins survive crash landings in their patch during the 11th annual Pumpkin Drop on Halloween. The students brought supplies from home they believed would cushion their pumpkin’s fall. They used old ...

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 ...