TRIADELPHIA — Straub Automotive donated more than 1,000 toys to the local “Toys For Tots” campaign on Friday, and the effort was especially needed this year, according to Toys for Tots organizers. Members of the Wheeling Marine Corps League came to Straub Nissan at The Highlands to ...
David D. Simpson, 72 of Martins Ferry passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025, surrounded by his family at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling. He was born on May 29, 1953, in Martins Ferry, the son of the late Kenneth and Evelyn (Adams) Simpson. David retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh ...
WHEELING —The former Wheeling University women’s rugby coach, fired last week before the team’s national championship game, has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the university and its athletic director. Former coach Ken Pape claims, in part, that his contract had no ...
WHEELING — The former commander of the Ohio Valley Drug Task Force will spend three years on probation and pay more than $75,000 in restitution after pleading guilty in federal court to one count of theft from programs receiving federal funds. In that judgment filed Thursday, David Drahos must immediately begin making payments of $200 a month, provide his probation officer with any financial information requested and not open any new lines of credit without prior approval of his probation officer. Further, Drahos can’t engage in any form of gambling, nor can he enter any casino ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 9 p.m. Tuesday, a caller requested a welfare check on a male at an address in St. Clairsville. Officers made contact with the male and a relative. All was well, according to officers, who noted that the male was going through a breakup and he believed the initial call was made to cause problems. At 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, several officers responded to the Days Inn West on Holiday Drive in St. Clairsville for a narcotics complaint. Two people were detained, and a room was searched after a warrant was obtained, according to the report. Samuel ...
BRIDGEPORT — The student members of Bridgeport Exempted Village School District’s Sources of Strength program are launching new initiatives to let their peers know they are valuable and have friends among the Bulldog students and staff they can turn to during difficult times. For almost ...
