WEIRTON – Weirton Council is scheduled to hold the final reading of an ordinance updating the city’s Municipal Service Fee, and it doesn’t appear as if there are plans to make any more amendments. Council will hold a public hearing on the ordinance – which would increase the fee from ...
WHEELING – Community leaders gathered at the Wheeling Fire Department headquarters on Wednesday for the blessing of the new Safe Haven Baby Box in East Wheeling. If a new mother makes the difficult decision that she cannot properly care for her baby, the box offers a safe, anonymous and ...
A controversial bill Ohio Republican lawmakers say is aimed at protecting children is rankling free speech and LGBT advocates as it awaits consideration in the Senate. Its authors say the “Indecent Exposure Modernization Act,” which passed the House 63-32, is a commonsense update to ...
WHEELING – The 2026 primary election in West Virginia is rapidly approaching, and so are upcoming election dates and deadlines voters need to know. Primary Election Day is set for May 12, with polls opening at 6:30 a.m. and closing at 7:30 p.m. – Those needing to register to vote in time ...
CHARLESTON - Members of the West Virginia Board of Education received updates at its monthly meeting Wednesday on ongoing efforts to support students from military families and partnerships with veterans. Robert Mellace, an education development coordinator with the state Department of ...
CHARLESTON - While an appeal remains pending before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over efforts to insert a religious exemption to the state's school-age vaccine requirements, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of the state's vaccine law in a separate case. A ...