WHEELING – Howard Long, the founder of Coronet Foods and a philanthropist who helped fund the construction of the Howard Long Wellness Center, died Jan. 26 at the age of 91. Long was born in Piedmont, Ohio, in 1934, the son of Robert and Dorothy Long. He attended the McKinley Vocational ...
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday there are things that Republicans and Democrats can agree on when it comes to hashing out a Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but there are some Democrat demands that are non-starters and will only lead to a shutdown of the department. Capito, R-W.Va., addressed the debate over the DHS spending bill during her weekly call with reporters Thursday. While all other funding bills have been passed, Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads over funding the Department of Homeland Security, which includes Immigration and Customs ...
A little more than a month after Ohio high schools voted to let athletes be paid for their name, image and likeness, two lawmakers want to stop it. Reps. Adam Bird, R-New Richmond, and Mike Odioso, R-Green Township, introduced legislation that bans high school and middle school ...
WHEELING – City leaders in Wheeling are ready to move forward with a new chapter for the Wheeling Suspension Bridge now that officials in the state of West Virginia have officially announced that the historic span will not reopen to vehicular traffic again. City officials joined state ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:01 a.m. Tuesday, a complainant from an address on Sandstone Way in St. Clairsville came to the station to report a missing package that he ordered from eBay. A deputy spoke with him and gathered information for a report. At 9:02 a.m. Tuesday, a caller from Jefferson County dispatch requested that a welfare check be done at an address on Sunny Lane Drive in Dillonvale. They had not spoke with two females there for a few days. A deputy made contact, and everyone was OK, according to the report. At 1:21 a.m. Tuesday, a caller reported ...
WHEELING – The Wheel has been operating in the former TJ’s Sports Garden location in Wheeling since last fall, but the new restaurant and sports bar launched into 2026 in a big way with an official ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce and city officials ...
