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Attorney General J.B. McCuskey prepares to defend W.Va. law protecting sports for biological girls, women at U.S. Supreme Court

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey and his legal team are getting ready to head to Washington D.C. to defend the state’s law aimed at keeping transgender girls and women from competing with biological girls and women in public school and college athletics before the highest court in the land. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday for two cases involving Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender girls and women from secondary school and college girls and women’s athletic programs. House Bill 3293, passed by the West Virginia ...

Commissioners discuss importance of animal shelter donations, pet licenses

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Commission thanked a local company for its recent $3,000 donation to the county animal shelter, noting such contributions help keep the facility running. President J.P. Dutton said the Ohio Motor Group donated $3,000 to the shelter. He thanked the ...

Human remains found in South Wheeling

WHEELING — Wheeling Police converged on an area in South Wheeling after human remains were found on the site. Wheeling Police Maj. Josh Sanders, commander of the department’s investigations bureau, said that 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to the corner of 42nd and Wood streets. ...

Four arrested on drug charges in Belmont County

Four people, two from Ohio and two from West Virginia, were arrested last week on drug charges and approximately 120 grams of alleged methamphetamine was seized during the arrest, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. According to a BCSO press release, Jan. 2, detectives with the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit assigned to the Attorney General’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission began an investigation into alleged drug trafficking at a local hotel near St. Clairsville. Detectives conducted surveillance, a traffic stop, ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:38 a.m. Monday, a motorist waved down a deputy on National Road in St. Clairsville near St. Clair Mini Storage for a car vs. deer accident. The air bag was deployed, and the vehicle sustained front-end damage. The Ohio State Highway Patrol was notified. The crash involved property damage only. The deer was located on National Road. Officials said they believed the crash may have been the noise that had been reported by a neighboring resident. At 11:25 p.m. Monday, a female caller from an address on National Road in St. Clairsville stated ...

City approves lease for Wheeling Water Sports at Island Marina

WHEELING — Officials in the city of Wheeling on Tuesday night approved legislation that will allow a private company to bring new recreational opportunities to the Ohio River during boating seasons. Council members voted unanimously to approve a resolution authorizing City Manager Robert ...