WEIRTON — Weirton Council is beginning the process of planning for the next fiscal year, with members meeting in a work session at the Millsop Community Center Thursday evening. “This is our first budget workshop to work on our 26-27 budget,” Mayor Dean Harris explained in opening the ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — The Hancock County Board of Parks and Recreation will be staying put following a decision by county commissioners Thursday. Commissioners were set to vote on a second, and final, reading Thursday on a proposed ordinance, which, if passed, would have dissolved the volunteer ...
The ongoing scandal over the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reached Ohio State University, where a major hospital complex is named for one of Epstein’s former business associates, billionaire Lex Wexner. The Ohio Nurses Association and 295 individuals have requested the ...
WHEELING — A Chicago man was sentenced today for operating a drug distribution organization that transported fentanyl from Chicago to Weirton, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey said Thursday. Gerald Henry, also known as “Unc,” “G,” and “G-ball,” age 41, was sentenced to 40 years ...
WHEELING — A Wheeling-based inpatient pediatric psychiatric hospital has announced it will merge with the largest health system in West Virginia. Orchard Park Hospital and WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital announced Wednesday that Orchard Park signed a letter of intent to merge with WVU ...
CHESTER — Two area residents have been arrested in connection to the burglary of the Subway sandwich shop along U.S. Route 30 earlier this month, while a third suspect remains at large. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday announced the arrest of Andrew Toth and Kaitlyn ...