Longtime Bellaire teacher, coach arraigned on pandering charges

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Longtime Bellaire track coach and teacher Shawn Valloric was arraigned in Belmont County Common Pleas Court on Monday afternoon on 52 counts of pandering sexually oriented matters involving a minor or impaired person which are second-degree felonies. “The first 14 are ...

Belmont County Bomb Threat Suspect Pleads Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The 18-year-old accused of calling in bomb threats to several Belmont County businesses pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Monday. ​​Larry Allen Harvey is facing five counts of a third-degree felony, terroristic threats, and four counts of a fourth-degree ...

Brooke County Considering Its America 250 Mural

WELLSBURG – As many communities across the country are preparing to celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial, Brooke County officials are discussing their potential contribution to the anniversary. County commissioners heard from Rachel Keeney, executive director of the Top of West ...

Moundsville Man Arrested On Malicious Wounding Charge

A man was arrested on a charge of malicious wounding Monday afternoon after another man was shot in the chest. Alex Wilkerson, 28, was arrested Monday afternoon after an incident on Lani Lane in Moundsville, according to Marshall County Sheriff Mike Dougherty. According to a post Dougherty made on the Marshall County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, Marshall County 911 received a call around 2:45 p.m. that a man had been shot in the chest on Lani Lane. When deputies arrived to the house, they found a 26-year-old victim lying on his back in the kitchen/dining room area of the residence ...

City Eyes Upgrades At Centre Market’s Upper Market House

WHEELING – City leaders in Wheeling are scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers to hear first readings on several new pieces of legislation, including a new ordinance for planned improvements at historic Centre Market. Members of Wheeling City Council are scheduled to gather for their ...

Steubenville Students Get Civics Lesson At Courthouse

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Michelle Miller may have faced her toughest crowd this week — two dozen second-, third- and fourth-graders from Steubenville City Schools who piled into her courtroom to learn about the justice system. The kids, students at Wells Academy ...