Chester News

A little less than a day after a fatal accident on Ohio River Boulevard , two vehicles were involved in an accident on the same road early Thursday morning.

News Mountaineer, horsemen signs 3-year deal CHESTER, W.Va. -- The Mountaineer Horsemen's Benevolent Protection Association has a new contract that reflects a shorter racing schedule at the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester.

The Hancock County Board of Education announced Monday that two of its requests for funding assistance with the Weir High and Weir Middle schools heating and air conditioning project have been approved.

Police charged Laverna M. Virden, 36, Middle Run Road, Chester, W.Va., with theft and possession of marijuana and Gregory A. Virden, 40, Third and Cornell streets, with complicity to theft Saturday after a call to Kmart in Calcutta.

CUNNINGHAM, Floyd E., 85, of New Cumberland, passed away Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Born March 27, 1924, in Chester, a son of the late Thomas and Stella Cunningham.

Justin M. McGraw of Ritchie Avenue in Weirton - no proof of insurance, fined $300 plus $184.50 in court costs.

The crew is safe after a a towboat sank on the Ohio River Wednesday, Dec. 9. According to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh, the investigation is under way into the sinking near Chester.

Two people were rescued from a sinking towboat on the Ohio River near the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border Wednesday afternoon.

How to clean up a water main break that happened late Saturday was the messiest topic of discussion at Monday's Chester City Council meeting.

Weir High Students are participating in a statewide project to collect information from municipalities and counties to form a Web site containing need-to-know information in one centralized location.

Behind an interior wall at the sprawling Charles Town Races & Slots is about 30,000 square feet of unfinished space that could easily be transformed into room for 85 to 100 blackjack, roulette, craps and other table games, according to General Manager Al Britton.

Donald L. Ward, 84, of New Cumberland, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. He was born Nov.

Robert Capo, Sr., 73, of River Road in Beaver, Pa. - speeding, fined $50 plus $72 in court costs.

A recent development in energy grant funding may keep the Chester City Building on top of heating bills next winter.

The City of Chester will be transformed into CandyLand on Dec. 5. The Chester Hometown Committee has announced that this year's Christmas parade theme will be "CandyLand Christmas: Gumdrops and Lollipops," based on the Hasbro-owned game of the same name.

Mary E. Reed Barry, 91, passed peacefully early Saturday afternoon, November 14, 2009, at the East Liverpool City Hospital.

Nearly every girl has been there. She goes to the store to find a dress for a formal occasion and discovers that she faces a bigger problem than finding the perfect dress: finding the perfect dress for the perfect price.

Tammy White, 42, of Carolina Avenue in Chester - petit larceny and no driver's license, sentenced to 34 hours community service and assessed $72 in court costs for each charge.

Breakfast will be served from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Inverness Fellowship Hall.

South Charleston's new nine-hole course aims to attract a different crowd of golfers in the Kanawha Valley.