WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking point even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is ...

WHEELING — On the first day of the trial of Niyajah Hales for the 2021 death of Wheeling resident Michael J. Jackson, the prosecution presented jurors with surveillance footage from the VooDoo Lounge on Wheeling Island where Jackson was shot. Hales of Brooklyn, N.Y. faces a charge of ...

BELLAIRE — Bellaire Police Chief John J. Watson typically fights crime, but on Tuesday afternoon he fought a fire and won. On Tuesday afternoon, multiple departments were called to a structure fire at a Bellaire residence. The fire occurred at 3069 Guernsey Street. The building is a ...

VANDALIA, Ohio — Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, director of InnovateOhio, and Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, joined law enforcement leaders Tuesday to announce a new resource that will assist local law enforcement agencies with recruitment efforts. The new, ...

CADIZ — The village of Cadiz will receive $186,710 for one of the new safety projects funded through Ohio’s Safe Routes to School program. Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks recently announced that over $8 million was being awarded statewide ...

WHEELING — Speech therapy and dementia patients at the West Liberty University Speech & Hearing and Behavioral Health Clinic are playing whack-a-mole, planting gardens and more for treatment using an innovative new rehabilitation device. The Tovartafel device, which means “magic ...