Standout Madison Elementary Students Treated to Limo Ride, Lunch

WHEELING — A group of students at Madison Elementary School didn’t know it, but the limousine van pulling up to the school Friday at lunch time was there for them. Eleven students were rewarded after earning all three possible achievements asked of them at Madison. They all made the honor ...

West Virginia Public Service Commission Investigating Paden City Water System

PADEN CITY — The West Virginia Public Service Commission is concerned that the most recent water contamination issues in Paden City, along with previous bouts of contamination, may point to a larger problem. On Friday, the PSC announced that it had opened an investigation into the city’s ...

Witnesses to Warfare: Wheeling Natives in Midst of Israel-Hamas Conflict

WHEELING — “Do you hear that?” said Israeli citizen David Farer on the phone Friday. “That’s the sound of bombing.” The Wheeling native has lived in Sderot, a city in Israel located on the envelope of Gaza, for the past eight years. He recalled, “One afternoon, the world was one ...

Warwood, Triadelphia Middle Get ‘Save the Music’ Grants

WHEELING — When Randall Reid-Smith, curator of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, introduced the Triadelphia Middle School band Monday morning, he asked them to “play loud and proud.” Band students at Triadelphia and Warwood middle schools soon will be playing ...