The Greater Wheeling Sports and Entertainment Authority closed out 2025 with a variety of different events, including four offerings toward year’s end that ranked among the top 10 revenue producers so far this fiscal year. Members of the GWSEA board met this month for the first time since ...
TRIADELPHIA – Robotics competition continued at The Highlands Sports Complex on Friday with the high school students anxious to prove their technical prowess. Despite the inclement weather and bad road conditions earlier in the week, 79 of 80 teams registered showed up for the “Gateway To ...
WHEELING – The Capitol Theatre in Wheeling promises to be brimming with love and music on Feb. 12 when the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra presents Endless Love – an evening of love songs. The Pops concert will feature a variety of heartwarming favorites and will welcome guest artists Shayna ...
MOUNDSVILLE – Moundsville resident Heather Gillespie’s new crown sparkled bright as it was placed on her head Friday at the Moundsville City Building. It was almost as dazzling as the smile on her face during the celebration of her being named Ms. Wheelchair West Virginia ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – A new court date has been set for alleged double murderer Andrew Isaac Griffin. Belmont County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Berhalter set the trial date for Oct. 19 at 8:30 a.m. during a pre-trial hearing on Friday. Griffin is accused in the double homicide of ...
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 1, 1832: Education reformer Alexander Luark Wade was born. Wade reorganized rural Monongalia County schools to require progress through eight prescribed levels with a graduating exercise and receipt of a diploma. Wade’s system worked so well it was copied in other counties and states. Feb. 1, 1901: Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, was born in Missouri. Buckles purchased a farm in Charles Town ...
