WHEELING — Creatures and candy await at the Good Zoo as the annual Halloween season festivities are right around the corner when Boo at the Zoo returns to Oglebay next week. Presented by the Ohio Valley Dairy Queen locations and the Hartley Law Group, this family-friendly fundraising event ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:30 p.m. Monday, a caller from an address on Main Street in Morristown reported that a male had stayed in his residence for a while helping fix up the place. The caller kicked him out for stealing, but the male came back, broke a lock on the residence and would not leave. He did go outside the residence, was knocking on the windows and then left, according to the caller, who just wanted a record of the incident. At 11:21 p.m. Monday, a deputy responded to an address on Public Road in Yorkville after a caller from Brooke County complained ...
WHEELING — Jericho, the longest-serving K9 officer for the Wheeling Police Department, died at 10 years old, the department announced Tuesday afternoon. According to the WPD, Jericho suffered a sudden health issue while on duty on Monday and was taken to a local veterinary clinic, where ...
WHEELING — Two employees of Ohio County Schools were suspended Monday over recent comments they posted on social media. Board members deliberated for just over one hour Monday night before unanimously accepting the recommendation from Superintendent Kim Miller that bus driver Bill Nolan and Unique Robinson-Murphy — a social worker serving as Communities In Schools liaison at Wheeling Park High School — both be suspended for five days for their posts. They also will be required to participate in sensitivity training. The comments at issue have since been taken down from their ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:11 p.m. Thursday, a deputy assisted Bellaire Police with a large fight at a location on Monroe Street in Bellaire. Bridgeport and Shadyside police also assisted. At 9:10p.m. Thursday, a deputy assisted St. Clairsville Police with a traffic stop on East Main Street and Orchard Drive in St. Clairsville. The officer was granted consent to search, according to the report, and a small amount of marijuana was taken to be destroyed, according to the report. At 8:56 p.m. Thursday, a deputy was out assisting Bridgeport Police with a call about ...
STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville earned high marks in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Colleges guide, climbing the ranks in two key categories among regional universities in the Midwest. Franciscan advanced into the top 25 in the “Regional Universities ...
