Hal Delong, left, manager of Elm Grove Domino’s, poses with Wayne Ebeling of Moundsville, winner of the Wheeling Newspapers Pizza for a Year contest sponsored by the local Domino’s locations. (Photo by Joe Lovell)
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. Dec. 7, 1941: The USS West Virginia was badly damaged on Battleship Row during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, marking the ...
Belmont Career Center’s Sources of Strength Club and the Staying Clean Club hosted Santa for its annual Cocoa with Santa fundraising event on Thursday evening. Event co-organizer and prevention specialist Lilli Luyster said that the annual event allows students to engage in bringing a ...
An explosion that rocked homes in the vicinity of McKinley Avenue late Tuesday afternoon is being investigated by the state fire marshal’s office “as well as other agencies,” Fire Chief Joe Ribar said. “It was a residential abandoned structure on Capitol Avenue,” Ribar said Wednesday. “The entire street is actually abandoned. The city no longer (maintains) it.” He said the building had been vacant for years and no one was injured. “Damage up there was just to the structure involved,” he said. “No one else has notified us of any other damage to property in the ...
The city of Wheeling is once again launching its popular Food for Fines program, inviting residents to donate five non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies or personal hygiene products instead of paying the $10 fee for overtime parking violations. Now in its ninth consecutive year, the initiative continues to support local nonprofit organizations and assist community members during the holiday season. City council this week approved a resolution implementing the program for the 2025 holiday season. Mayor Denny Magruder said this year’s effort carries added importance as many ...
Younger Ohio teenagers won’t get to work later on school nights after all. Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill late Wednesday that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. on school nights, adding two additional hours to the current state and federal work limits. “I ...
