Three WPHS Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

Proud parents and school officials gathered at Wheeling Park High School on Wednesday to celebrate the three Wheeling Park High School students earning National Merit Scholarship semifinalist status. Seniors Grant Kenamond, Ryan Linder and Kathryn Prather now have the opportunity to ...

Remains of World War II Pilot From Bridgeport Coming Home

BRIDGEPORT — Eighty years after Bridgeport native Charles George Reynolds gave his life in service to his country, his remains are coming back home. Reynolds was a 1st lieutenant and a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and he was declared missing in action in November ...

Charge Filed in Crash That Killed Wheeling Park High School Student

WHEELING — An 18-year-old Wheeling man was charged Friday with DUI causing death in the crash that killed Wheeling Park High School student Devin Sovinsky. According to a Wheeling Police Department release, Cory Joseph Sipos was charged with one felony count of DUI causing death. Sipos was ...

Celebration Planned for Sept. 20 Opening of Wellsburg Bridge

WELLSBURG — When the new bridge spanning the Ohio River between Wellsburg and Brilliant, Ohio, opens on Sept. 20, it will appear much like a street fair, with live music, food vendors and a classic car cruise. That’s because the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce has been working with others ...

Philanthropist, Businessman Gary West Remembered for Devotion to Community

WHEELING — No person has been a larger benefactor to West Liberty University than Gary West, something the university itself stated when it announced it would name its football stadium after the man it called WLU’s “all-time biggest donor.” Yet those who knew West — who died Sunday ...