CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced ...

WELLSBURG — State Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Wellsburg, said when he considered pursuing a career in law, he looked to his uncle, former Brooke County prosecuting attorney David B. Cross, as an example. “I thought, if I could be half as good as he is and have half the respect he has, I’d be ...

CHARLESTON — Justice C. Haley Bunn has been designated to serve as chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals through June 30, 2027 The appointment and term are part of a transition for the court from a calendar year to fiscal year basis. “I am honored to have been ...

WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center welcomed its first two babies of 2026 Friday, with the birth of Amaria, left, daughter of Kaylee Yeater and Bryan Barr of Follansbee at 12:56 a.m., followed half an hour later by the arrival of Eli, son of Jeremy and Madison Whitney of Bloomingdale. The ...

STEUBENVILLE –– The calendar has flipped. A brand-new year has unfolded before us, its pages crisp and white, much like an untouched canvas waiting for the first stroke of a brush. And as we look toward the promise of another start, a new beginning, so are the members of the Steubenville ...

SAGO — Twenty years ago today, 12 West Virginians lost their lives in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and collapse in the Sago mines trapped 13 miners underground for nearly two days. Only one man survived. In the days, and even ...