McMechen News

The waters have receded and most roads have reopened, but Ohio Valley emergency management agencies still are dealing with the lingering impact of the driving rain and flooding that pounded the area late Wednesday and early today.

It was standing room only from McMechen on the first Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority bus to Glen Dale and Moundsville in more than 31 years.

Frequency of public bus service on select routes will be reduced to every hour only between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. starting Monday, said Tom Hvizdos, executive director of the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority.

Benwood officials are looking into whether it was legal for the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority board to decrease the frequency of bus service in their city.

While other areas of the country are struggling to keep fraternal organizations operating, the American Legion is growing in West Virginia.

Emergency crews were expected to resume their search today for a man who is believed to have drowned in the Ohio River at Moundsville on Monday.

Search and rescue spent most of Monday night looking for yet another body in the Ohio River.

Memorial Day ceremonies are being held in many towns across the Ohio Valley. Two in particular were held Monday morning.

Northern Marshall County residents served around the world in World War II, but they always knew what was going on at home.

Eric Popovich woke up in his hometown of Masillon, Ohio on Saturday morning and set out for Fairmont 200 miles away with a car full of pepperoni rolls, determined to participate in the third annual Amateur Pepperoni Roll Bake-Off at the West Virginia Three Rivers Festival.

A convicted sex offender is facing more charges after he allegedly gave a false address and telephone number to police.

DOH officials say beginning today route 2 between the McMechen/Benwood city limits and I-470 is reduced to one lane for both north and south bound traffic.

If you plan in traveling Route 2 anytime soon you may want to consider another way.

Police departments in four Marshall County cities will each get $75,000 in grant money.

Congressman Alan Mollahan announced today that four Marshall County law enforcement communities will each receive $75,000 grants for the purchase of law equipment.

The addition of new public bus routes serving The Highlands, Glen Dale and Moundsville was opposed by some members of the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority's board of directors.

Spring brings with it high school proms, graduation parties and other special events for teenagers.

The Highlands and Moundsville are being added to Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority's destination roster.

A McMechen man is officially charged with two felonies after allegedly sexually assaulting his stepdaughter last week.

A convicted sex offender from New York is behind bars after allegedly sexually assaulting a young woman just outside the view of a Web cam and within earshot of a cellular phone.