WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Rev. Mark E. Brennan, 79, as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, and has appointed the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, currently auxiliary bishop of Washington, as his successor. The resignation and appointment ...
WHEELING – The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 2025-26 season on Friday, May 8, with a Masterworks concert titled Take Me Home at the Capitol Theatre. The concert will feature electric violinist Tracy Silverman and a program that includes Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 – also known ...
WHEELING — Ohio County’s teachers union contends the West Virginia Legislature did nothing this year to address teacher pay or rising Public Employee Insurance Agency costs faced by educators. As a result, union members are asking Ohio County officials to make permanent a $2,000 one-time ...
Get ready for some creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky fun this weekend, as Wheeling Park High School's Park Players present their spring musical, "The Addams Family Musical." A darkly comedic, family-centered production based on the iconic characters created by Charles Addams, the story ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A woman accused of stabbing a Bellaire McDonald’s employee appeared in Belmont County Eastern Division Court on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing. Aryan Summer Alvarez, 30, is facing one charge of felonious assault and one charge of drug possession. Alvarez is accused of stabbing a McDonald’s employee multiple times, leaving him with a puncture wound on the left side of his body. Prosecutor Joshua Norman called Bellaire Police Officer Jake Lennox as a witness Thursday and asked him to recall the events of the incident. “There were multiple calls ...
LANSING — Two Bridgeport High School students were involved in a serious motor vehicle wreck Wednesday evening on U.S. Route 40 in Pease Township. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 1999 BMW 232i was traveling westbound on Route 40. As it negotiated a right curve, the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a curb, an embankment and eventually a utility pole. Both the driver and passenger sustained significant injuries and were transported to Wheeling Hospital. Bridgeport Fire and EMS, Wolfhurst EMS and Brookside EMS responded to the scene, with the ...
