WELLSBURG — Brooke County Republicans will have a choice when they cast their ballots for county commissioner in the May 12 primary. Incumbent Stacey "Hukill" Wise is being challenged by Kevin Himmelrick for their party's nomination. The winner will advance to the Nov. 3 general election. ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...