Weirton Parks looking at a busy summer

April 24, 2026

WEIRTON – The Weirton Board of Parks and Recreation is looking forward to a busy summer season. “There's a lot going on,” noted Parks Executive Director Coty Shingle during Thursday's board meeting. “Every month we have something big.” Outdoor activities kick off this weekend, with an Earth Day event set to begin at noon Saturday at Marland Heights Park. Organized by the City of Weirton, Weirton Parks, FirstEnergy, and the Brooke-Hancock Family Resource Network, the event will include a distribution of tree saplings, youth activities – including face painting and games ...

Discussion on opioid fund proposal blocked during Hancock commission meeting

April 24, 2026

NEW CUMBERLAND – A proposal that would have used a portion of the county’s opioid settlement funds to cover the costs of Hancock County’s regional jail fees was blocked from discussion Thursday. Commissioner Tommy Ogden moved for discussion on the resolution “to utilize opioid ...

Wheeling man gets life with parole possibility in wife’s Killing

April 24, 2026

A Wheeling man will serve life in prison with the possibility of parole after being sentenced Thursday in the First Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia for the first-degree murder of his wife on Wheeling Island. Though parole is possible, Dwayne Herring, 54, was sentenced by Circuit Judge ...

Capito: Reconciliation Bill first step in restoring funding to ICE, Border Patrol

April 24, 2026

CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and her Senate colleagues pulled an all-nighter, voting early Thursday morning on a reconciliation package to keep essential immigration enforcement and border protection funded. The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 just after 3:35 a.m. Thursday for the fiscal year 2026 budget resolution, which includes funding for Immigrations and Custom Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides approximately $70 billion for these agencies. Senate Republican leadership passed the ...

Morrisey celebrates passage of Rural Health Transformation bill with ceremonial signing

April 24, 2026

CHARLESTON – West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated the bill giving state health officials spending authority to use the $199 million federal Rural Health Transformation award in a ceremonial bill signing Thursday. Morrisey traveled to Princeton Community Hospital in Mercer County Thursday morning to hold a ceremonial signing for Senate Bill 570, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health for the Rural Health Transformation award. “This is really exciting to be here, because very limited times when you're in public office do you have a chance to do something ...

Flowing together: Ohio River Commission seeks regional unity and growth

April 23, 2026

STEUBENVILLE — Bringing communities along the Ohio River together to tap into the development potential of the waterway is a key objective of the Ohio River Commission. “It's about collaboration and getting everyone together to understand that the Ohio River Commission is here, and we're ...