Minor Fire, Construction Don’t Stop Soup Kitchen Operations

WHEELING – The smell of fish and other food was prevalent at the Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling on Friday despite the streetscape construction happening outside the front door, and a minor fire that occurred there late Thursday evening. The fire was reported just after 9 p.m. Thursday, ...

Nearly $4.7M in Federal Funds Eyed to Fix Latest Slips on Glenwood Road

WHEELING – City leaders in Wheeling are expected to request help from the federal government to repair a major slip on Glenwood Road – a hillside roadway that has presented problems for decades. One slip is expected to be repaired this year using funding from the Federal Emergency ...

Justice Department Sues W.Va., Other States Over Voter Information

CHARLESTON – The U.S. Department of Justice says it is suing five states, including West Virginia, over failing to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. The filing by the department’s Civil Rights Division also includes Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Utah, and was announced in a press release Thursday afternoon. “Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in the release. “This latest series of litigation underscores that this Department of ...

Iranian state media say country’s supreme leader is dead

By JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN, JOSH BOAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reported early Sunday. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency reported the ...

Bill Clinton Tells Congress He ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ With Epstein

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein’s sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his connections to the disgraced ...

Trump Is ‘Not Happy’ With Iran Talks But Indicates He Will Give Negotiators More Time

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East. He spoke a day after U.S. envoys held another inconclusive round of indirect talks with Iran in Geneva. As American forces gather in the region, Trump has threatened military action if Iran does not agree to a far-reaching deal on its nuclear program, while Iran insists it has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and denies ...