LINDA HARRIS For The Times Leader STEUBENVILLE — Jake Kleineke was chosen Monday to lead the Jefferson County commissioners this year. During Monday’s reorganization meeting, Kleineke thanked his fellow commissioners, Eric Timmons and Tony Morelli. “These two guys next to me made ...

CHARLESTON —With the 2026 legislative session gaveling in at noon today, one of the chairs of a major West Virginia Senate committee is stepping aside, accusing leadership of political pressure. State Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, R-Ohio, resigned Tuesday as chairwoman of the Senate Health and ...

WHEELING — A Wheeling man has been indicted for murder by an Ohio County grand jury, Ohio County Prosecutor Shawn Turak announced Tuesday, one of 21 people named in 20 grand jury indictments. Dwayne Herring, 54, was also indicted on charges of attempted first degree murder and attempted ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:57 p.m. Sunday, a caller from an address on Crescent-Barton Road in St. Clairsville reported hearing noises on her roof. A sergeant responded. The officer found tree branches on the roof at multiple points as well as “a wayward opossum” in ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 9:42 p.m. Thursday, a caller from an address on Dorsch Road in Martins Ferry reported that a male was there hitting the walls and making threats. Firearms and an aggressive dog were reportedly in the residence. A deputy responded and took the male ...

BLOOMINGDALE — One Jefferson County Joint Vocational School student is proving that everything old is new again by putting his hands-on knowledge to use for a class project. Jaxon Wiley, a junior in the power mechanics program and student at Edison High School, has spent nearly three months ...