WHEELING – Community organizers are asking the public to come get to know each other, make friends, and meet this year’s political candidates at an “End Of The World” party happening this week in Wheeling. The community improvement group "Where Do We Go From Here?" is organizing the ...
A Wheeling man who pleaded guilty to felony drug charges was sentenced to no fewer than three years and up to 45 years in prison, Ohio County Prosecutor Shawn Turak said Monday. Matthew Robert Pockl, 34, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver fentanyl, possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine. First Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael Olejasz sentenced Pockl. According to Turak, the Ohio County Drug Task Force began an investigation into Pockl in response to numerous complaints made to the Wheeling Police ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered mixed messages Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no rush to end the conflict while also expressing confidence that further negotiations with Tehran will soon take place in Pakistan. With the 14-day ceasefire set to expire Wednesday, Trump whipsawed in telephone interviews and social media posts between measured optimism that a deal could soon be reached and warning that "lots of bombs" will "start going off" if there's no agreement before the ceasefire deadline. Trump indicated that ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – A trial date has been set in the case of a Bellaire man accused of shooting and killing another man in January. Belmont County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Berhalter on Monday set a trial date of 8:30 a.m. Aug. 18 for 23-year-old Sandton Browder in Common Pleas ...
WHEELING — West Virginia House of Delegates member Bill Flanigan, R-Ohio, returned to the Northern Panhandle this week for a campaign meet-and-greet in Wheeling as he continues his run for a seat on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Flanigan, who is seeking the Division 2 seat, ...
Photo by Eric Ayres Replacement of the Washington Avenue Bridge in Wheeling is reaching a pivotal point this week as crews are preparing to install steel beams for the new bridge over Wheeling Creek. On Monday night, several flatbed trucks delivered components for the huge crane that will ...
