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Ohio County Schools Back Online

WHEELING – Facilities within Ohio County Schools were back online Monday after spending nearly a week without internet service. School officials acknowledged Monday that on Tuesday, Feb. 24, the school district’s Information Technology Department detected evidence of a potential cyber security attack affecting Ohio County Schools. “As a precaution, access to the internet was temporarily disabled while we conducted an investigation,” a statement released by the school district said. “At this time, we have no evidence of any risk to student or employee data. Nevertheless, we ...

New Trained K-9 for Wheeling Police Department Eyed

WHEELING – The city of Wheeling is moving forward with action to acquire a new K-9 for the Wheeling Police Department, which within the past six months has mourned the unexpected deaths of two of its trained active-duty police dogs. A new ordinance is slated for a first reading during tonight's meeting of Wheeling City Council to authorize the expenditure of $19,000 with Merry K-9 Services LLC of Norwich, Ohio, for the purchase of a police narcotics canine and for training. According to the legislation, $15,000 of that cost will be charged to the Stanton K-9 foundation and $4,000 will ...

Valloric Makes First Court Appearance

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Longtime Bellaire track coach and educator Shawn Valloric was in Belmont County Eastern Division Court on Tuesday morning for his initial appearance. During the appearance, Valloric was advised of the charges against him and his rights. He faces 10 felony counts of ...

U.S. Says Attacks On Iran To Last For Weeks And Intensify

As the war in the Middle East spirals further, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. has “the capability to go far longer ” than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Iran. The U.S. and Israel have continued to pound Iran since ...

Congress Confronts Wartime Debate as Trump Continues Attacks on Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress is confronting a war powers debate over President Donald Trump’s authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances — without a formal declaration or an address to the nation, the commander in chief has already launched the country into a ...

Energy Prices Surge as Conflict in Middle East Rattles Global Supply

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Energy prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and damage to production facilities raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy. The biggest shock was to ...