Ohio County sees three deaths, 55 new COVID-19 cases Saturday

Three residents of a long-term nursing home in Wheeling died Saturday from complications of COVID-19, according to the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources long-term care statistics, updated Saturday, showed active outbreaks at ...

Wheeling Park, Wheeling Central, John Marshall See Football End Due to COVID

The West Virginia Department of Education’s color-coded map that determines whether or not athletic events can be held has spoken. And it didn’t go in favor of Ohio and Marshall Counties. Both of those counties — along with 14 others throughout the state — were listed as either or ...

Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press ELMWOOD, Neb. (AP) — Danny Rice has a good sense of how dangerous the coronavirus can be. What puzzles him are the people who have curtailed so much of their lives to avoid being infected by the virus. "I'm not going out and looking to catch it," he ...

Main Street Bank Fantasy in Lights Christmas Parade canceled due to COVID-19

The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce Friday announced the cancellation of the Main Street Bank Fantasy in Lights Parade for 2020. The parade was scheduled to take place Nov. 20. “We are extremely disappointed to have to make this sad announcement,” said, Erikka Storch, president of the ...

Ohio County records 35 new positive COVID-19 tests

Late Thursday, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department announced 35 new COVID-19 positive cases, bringing the county's total since late March to 974 cases. Of those cases, 256 currently are listed as active cases by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Free ...