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It's Still Hockey Night For Nailers

WHEELING — Nailers fever is spreading quickly throughout the Ohio Valley, and it’s a condition local hockey fans hope sticks around a while longer. The Wheeling Nailers have reached the ECHL Kelly Cup Eastern Conference Finals, beginning a best-of-seven series Friday night against the ...

Questions raised over demo contract in Jefferson County

STEUBENVILLE — Days after the Ohio Auditor of State confirmed it is looking into how a contractor can be nearly done with a water line project that Jefferson County Commissioners never voted on, OAS also confirmed it is looking into concerns that a county commissioner serving on the Land Revitalization Corporation’s board might have improperly benefited from a 2025 demolition contract. The allegation, relayed to OAS by JCLRC Executive Director Tabatha Glover and President Brian Scarpone, stems from a contract to demolish three lots on Main Street in Mingo Junction last year. ...

Woodsfield man charged after online sting in St. Clairsville

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A 37-year-old Woodsfield native was arrested Thursday on a charge of importuning, according to the St. Clairsville Police Department. Jeremy Alan Kitchings was charged with importuning, a fifth-degree felony. Police Chief Matt Arbenz said Kitchings had been communicating ...

Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club mourn loss of Ron 'Click' Shaw

MARTINS FERRY — The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released a statement informing the public that Grim Reaper Motorcycle Club member Ron “Click” Shaw died Wednesday after being severely injured in a motorcycle accident on Ohio 7 Saturday evening. Shaw was on a club ride with his wife, ...

Hitting home runs for the community

A successful business community is much like a baseball team, Roberto Clemente Jr. told the hundreds at Wheeling Park's White Palace on Wednesday afternoon. A baseball team has its superstars -- its home-run hitters and fireball ace pitchers -- but there are so many people who's talents and ...