WHEELING — The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 2025-26 concert series by stepping back in time to the 1920s with a Jazz Age celebration titled Prohibition. The Pops Series concert will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Wheeling. ...
WHEELING — The Internal Revenue Service has informed the U.S. Congress it is closing the taxpayer assistance office in downtown Wheeling. The office, located at 1100 Main St., will cease operation prior to Nov. 30. A notice of the upcoming closure is posted on the door, and there appeared to be no customers there on Wednesday afternoon. The Wheeling location is one of nine set for closure, along with others in Altoona and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Elmira and West Nyack, New York; Owensboro and Paducah, Kentucky; and Walnut Creek, California. “The Internal ...
WHEELING — Wheeling’s Main Street Bank Fantasy In Lights Parade celebrates its 40th year in 2025 with a return to its original route and an emphasis on nostalgia. The parade is set for 6 p.m. on Nov. 21. The parade will begin on Market Street at West Virginia Northern Community College, then proceed down to 10th Street before taking a left down to Main Street. The route then proceeds back up Main Street before concluding in front of the property of parade sponsor Main Street Bank. Recent years have seen the parade go in an opposite direction and proceed south through Center ...
A Cleveland man was recently arrested in Belmont County on felony drug charges, according to Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack. Monta Harris, 28, is currently in Belmont County Jail on charges of cocaine trafficking and cocaine possession, according to a BCSO news release. According to the BSCO, on Sept. 6, the Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Unit (Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission) conducted a traffic stop near Ohio 7 and the Moundsville bridge for a minor traffic infraction. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle was granted, and approximately one ounce ...
WHEELING — The Ohio County Long-Term Recovery Board has received much financial support from the community to assist this summer’s flood victims — as well as donated items from businesses such as appliances, cabinets and drywall. Now the board needs people with the skills to install and nail the donated items in place. Staci Stephen, executive director of the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, reports the work of the Long-Term Recovery Board “is going well.” The board oversees donations made to both the United Way and the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley that ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 3:42 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy responded to Riesbeck’s on National Road in Bridgeport for a report of a female panhandling people for money. She was seen heading toward Brookside on National Road. The officer reportedly contacted the subject near Advance Auto Parts. At 2:26 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy was called to a location on Ohio 7 south in Shadyside for a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol about a possible bald eagle dead along the side of the road. Officers contacted resources to take the bird, which was identified as a goose. ...
