WHEELING — The West Virginia Department of Tourism has announced its awards for tourism excellence in 2025, and Oglebay Park Resort in Wheeling took home two major honors. The Almost Heaven Achievement Award winners were announced Wednesday night during the Governor’s Conference for ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia law enforcement officials on Thursday announced additional operations with federal immigration authorities, as well as a separate action that netted a large amount of narcotics. In a press conference Thursday morning in the Governor’s Reception Room at the State Capitol Building, Morrisey announced the arrest of 37 people in the country illegally by the West Virginia State Police in the first 11 days of direct operation with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. “At the beginning of my administration, I pledged to work ...
WHEELING — A Wheeling woman was arrested in a stabbing incident Thursday morning on Wheeling Island. Deandra Dawn McCann, 61, was arrested and charged with two counts of malicious wounding, according to the Wheeling Police Department. She was arraigned by Ohio County Magistrate Kevin Stryker, who set bond at $3,000, and was taken to Northern Regional Jail. According to the Wheeling Police Department, both police and fire crews responded to an Ohio Street home around 9:47 a.m. Thursday for a report of two people allegedly stabbed during an apparent domestic dispute. The two victims, ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:57 p.m. Wednesday, an officer was out with a suspicious male on Neffs Road near the Dollar General on Pike Street. One male was detained and taken to jail. Brian Gregory Jeffers was booked into the Belmont County Jail on a charge of failure to appear. At 9:28 p.m. Wednesday, officers on a traffic stop on Brand Avenue in Bridgeport reported that a K-9 gave a positive indication on the driver’s side of a vehicle. Three people were detained. A female voluntarily removed meth and paraphernalia from her private area, according to the ...
STEUBENVILLE — Elementary students in Steubenville City Schools are jumping on the bandwagon to take the Governor’s Healthy Ohio Team Tressel Fitness Challenge. Wells Academy and East Garfield Elementary School are joining thousands of kids in grades 4-8 across Ohio to improve their ...
Photo courtesy of Evert Briggs Martins Ferry celebrates its homecoming this weekend. Pictured from left are Freshman Attendant Payton Guthrie, Sophomore Attendant Jaylin Donahue, Junior Attendant Ella Mamone; queen candidates Lexi Carte, Lakyn Call, Kendyl Brandon, Destani Hanket, Kamryn ...
