Wheeling News

WHEELING OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT A POLICE LIEUTENANT HAS BEEN APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF.

A WHEELING MAN HAS BEEN KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE AND HIS SON REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame needs help covering the cost of its third induction ceremony, so it's planning a concert to raise funds.

Wheeling's Thadd Obecny is tied for third at the 2009 West Virginia Junior Amateur Championship at the Raven Club at Snowshoe.

A huge, gaping hole can be seen in the roof while the charred remnants of a burned out Wheeling Island home are boarded up today.

Charles Ballouz of Wheeling, a longtime member of the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority, says he's concerned about dilapidated buildings in the city.

A WHEELING HOUSE FIRE CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE MAN, WHILE HIS SON REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

Braden is the current points leader in the Young Lions division of Legends Racing.

Fueled by sharp declines in the number of steel and industrial jobs, the number of unemployed workers in the local area soared to 15,630 during May, an increase of 7,260 unemployed workers from May 2008.

Children at the Community Child Care day care of Wheeling, a program of Youth Services Systems, enjoyed a special picnic Wednesday provided by a group of teenage girls participating in the Discovery and Dreams outreach program.

It's another first of a kind in the area. The Miss Ohio Valley Fourth of July Pageant takes place tomorrow at the McClure House in downtown Wheeling.

A 40-year-old Ohio County woman and a 13-year-old Marshall County girl are recovering from the swine flu.

The Wheeling Park Patriots won the Wheeling rec. summer league championship , Wednesday night over Linsly .

The latest U.S. Census population estimates show that Morgantown is now West Virginia's fourth-largest city.

Most Wheeling residents would benefit from a proposal by Mayor Andy McKenzie to alter the city's fire service fee structure.

Traditional nursery rhymes like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" that have appealed to young children for years are just a few of the songs that the music director of St.

It's not too late to take part in Wheeling's newest festival. The Black Heritage Festival will be staged at Heritage Port between 2pm and 8pm Sunday.

User-friendly lighting, gleaming hardwood floors, spacious work tables and hefty bookshelves greeted patrons of the new Wheeling Room opened Wednesday at the Ohio County Public Library.

Next week, twenty contestants will compete with a "live" band as their backup. Wheeling -- Forty contestants, vying for the top spot in Wheeling Island Idol, were cut in half on Thursday night.

Officials with the West Virginia Division of Highways say the 6.7 million dollar contract has been awarded to a Charleston company.