Ohio County News

A Sheriff Deputy's pistol is on the streets of the Ohio Valley. It's the second weapon that has gone missing in the last few months from a law enforcement agency in the county.

Alaina Bell took a deep breath and held it Thursday, just like her grandma Sandra Hall told her to.

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 38 now has the signatures of those seeking an election on Wheeling's two-officer per cruiser ordinance, thanks to a ruling by Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht.

Efforts to fully restore the Capitol Theatre got a $200,000 boost Monday, thanks to U.S. Sen.

Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht will hear a motion to quash or modify a subpoena in the case involving the city of Wheeling, petitioner George Jones and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 38 at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in his courtroom on the fifth floor of the City County Building, 1500 Chapline St., Wheeling.

The Ohio County Development Authority has another six months to buy back a piece of The Highlands from the state of West Virginia.

The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Ricky Booth's 80-year prison sentence for robbing an elderly woman near Uncle Pete's Restaurant on Main Street more than two years ago.

Five years after a concrete wall collapsed into Woodsdale's Elm Run as a result of flooding associated with Hurricane Ivan in 2004, crews are working to replace the structure.

The health department will hold an H1N1 flu shot clinic for students of Linsly, St.

Teachers are always quizzing their students to improve their education, but on Monday pupils were posed a different question: Nasal or injection? That was the question asked of more than 600 students who received the swine, or H1N1, flu vaccine during a mass clinic at Triadelphia Middle School.

A vision came to fruition Friday with the official dedication of the Tunnel Ridge Silo Bypass of the Wheeling Heritage Trail.

Students from Triadelphia, Steenrod Elementary and Woodsdale Elementary can receive the H1N1 vaccination between 3:30-10 p.m. Monday at Triadelphia Middle School's gymnasium.

Wheeling police on Monday arrested Jarell L. Hurt for the murder of Ashley Blankenship.

Less than 24 hours after turning himself into authorities, Jarell L. Hurt appeared before Ohio County Magistrate Joe Roxby this morning on a murder charge in connection with the Sept.

Before vaccines were a common tool to fight the spread of disease, health officials had another method of keeping germs at bay - quarantines.

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold a Healthcare and EMS H1N1 Vaccination clinic Monday at the health department.

State Forestry officials urge residents and visitors to get out to see West Virginiaa s colorful fall foliage while they can.

Gov. Joe Manchin awarded nearly $2 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to 18 projects around the state.

Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority buses will head to The Highlands on Saturdays this holiday season, as the board voted Tuesday to expand runs to the retail development on a trial basis.

Looking to avoid a swine flu outbreak, Ohio County Schools officials may relax some attendance requirements for those infected with the H1N1 virus.