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Police Locate Vehicle Involved in Wheeling Island Hit-and-Run That Injured Boy

WHEELING – Police were able to locate the vehicle they say was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Wheeling Island Tuesday that seriously injured a young child. The incident occurred at around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of Delaware and South Wabash streets on Wheeling Island. The vehicle struck the child and left the scene. According to Wheeling Police Department Public Information Officer Philip Stahl, the child was alert when he was treated at the scene. The child sustained visible facial and other injuries. The boy was taken to WVU Medicine Golisano Children' ...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds W.Va. Compulsory Vaccine Law

CHARLESTON - While an appeal remains pending before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over efforts to insert a religious exemption to the state's school-age vaccine requirements, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of the state's vaccine law in a separate case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment Wednesday reversing a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in a case brought by two parents in 2024 challenging the legality of West Virginia's compulsory ...

Pirates sign Konnor Griffin to 9-year deal worth at least $140M

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Konnor Griffin is with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the long haul. The 19-year-old shortstop agreed to a nine-year, $140 million contract with the Pirates early Wednesday, less than a week after the former first-round pick made his major league debut. The deal, the ...