Cleveland-Cliffs To Idle Weirton Tin Mill by April, Eliminating 900 Jobs

WEIRTON — After 115 years, the final manufacturing component of what once was Weirton Steel Corp. will be idled. Cleveland-Cliffs, the current owner of the tinplate operation remaining in Weirton, announced Thursday morning its plans to idle “indefinitely” the tinplate production plant ...

Union Local Grad Colton McKivitz To Shine in Super Bowl Spotlight

LAS VEGAS – For a lot of young football players growing up, a chance to play in the Super Bowl was a life-long dream. Even though Colton McKivitz was bigger than most kids his size during his childhood in Jacobsburg, Ohio, he didn’t start playing football until his sophomore year at Union ...

WPHS Bowler Earns OVAC Title Using Late Teammate’s Ball

The pressure that often bothers Wheeling Park High School bowler Zac Davis when he steps up to the lane disappeared during the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship finals – with the ball of his late teammate in hand. Known among teammates for his outgoing demeanor and jokester ...

Center Wheeling Parking Garage Dismantling Set

WHEELING – Demolition debris from the dismantling of the Center Wheeling Parking Garage will be used as concrete-based fill material to raise Wheeling's remediated 19th Street former industrial property out of the floodplain. City leaders indicated that this project is expected to serve as ...

Gov. Jim Justice Visits McMechen to Present $9.2M for New School

McMECHEN – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice presented Marshall County Schools officials with a $9,213,555 check that will be used to construct a new Benwood-McMechen School. Justice was welcomed Thursday into the current Center McMechen Elementary School with a music performance by fourth and ...

Councilman: Lack of Communication with DOH ‘Frustrating’

WHEELING – Councilman Ben Seidler expressed his disappointment Tuesday night not only about the “hint” state officials recently gave about the future of the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge but also about the apparent lack of communication between the state and city leaders regarding ...