Ohio County ‘Champions of Children’ Honored

WHEELING – Three women who live to help children all said they don’t want accolades for what they do. But they received them anyway when the Ohio County Partners in Prevention team presented its 2023 Deborah Doleski Allen Champion of Children awards Friday during ceremonies at the ...

Local Band’s Anthem Hyping Up NBA’s Kings, Long-Suffering Fans

Light_the_Beam_Video WHEELING – The hype is real in Northern California, where after a 16-year playoff drought, the Sacramento Kings are back in the NBA postseason – and an even more unlikely juggernaut of a hype song has somehow made its way from the Ohio Valley to the playoff arena on ...

Former Employees Want To Save Smokestack on OVMC Campus

WHEELING – For nurse Peggy Porter, driving by and seeing the OVGH letters lit up at night at the former Ohio Valley Medical Center made her feel like she was coming home. Now she is hoping the facility’s smokestack and neon letters can be saved and possibly incorporated into the future ...

Marshall County Special Olympians Shine Beneath Springtime Sun

GLEN DALE – Blue skies and warm weather greeted Marshall County Special Olympians on Thursday morning as they began competition in the fields behind John Marshall High School. For Marshall County Superintendent Shelby Haines, it’s always the best day of the year. It also was a day that ...

Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down National Road, Forces Evacuations

WHEELING – A ruptured gas line along National Road shut down a section between Bethany Pike and Mount DeChantal Road completely for several hours Wednesday. It was a rupture that, according to Wheeling Fire Chief James Blazier, had the potential to be much more dire if not for quick and ...

Ohio River Makes ‘Most Endangered River’ List at No. 2

WHEELING - The Ohio River vaulted to No. 2 on American Rivers’ 2023 list of the top 10 most endangered rivers in the United States – and the East Palestine train derailment had nothing to do with it. By the time of that incident – which sent a chemical plume into the river that serves ...