WVU Medicine Tops Best of the Ohio Valley Awards

WHEELING — WVU Medicine and other area businesses received confirmation Wednesday night that the public thinks they are the best at what they do in the Ohio Valley. The Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register and the Times Leader hosted their Best of the Ohio Valley Readers’ Choice Awards ...

Wheeling YMCA Breaks Ground on Transformative Expansion

WHEELING — The Wheeling YMCA broke ground Monday morning on a long-awaited expansion project that will remodel the lobby and entrance, improve locker rooms and child care facilities and expand fitness spaces. Construction on the building, which is the third and final phase of the $7 ...

Divided Wetzel County Board of Education Votes To Consolidate High Schools

NEW MARTINSVILLE — In a pair of split votes, the Wetzel County Board of Education decided Friday to continue the process of consolidating the county’s four high schools into two. The board voted Friday morning to consolidate Paden City High School with Magnolia — and send Paden City ...

Employees Describe Conditions Inside Condemned McLure Hotel

WHEELING — Employees of the recently condemned McLure Hotel described experiencing sewage issues, mold, falling ceilings, electrical hazards and fire code violations while working there. The city condemned the apartments in the building on Friday, Nov. 15, after the Ohio County Health ...

A Monument Fit for Patriots: Newly Engraved Statue Unveiled at WPHS

WHEELING — Former Ohio County Board of Education President Erik Schramm quoted George Washington as a newly engraved veterans monument was unveiled during a ceremony Tuesday outside Wheeling Park High School — home of “the Patriots.” “George Washington said in a speech as he left ...