WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have swiftly fallen in line behind President Donald Trump’s push to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat as one of the last holdouts, Sen. Mitt Romney, said Tuesday he supports a vote despite Democrats’ objections it’s too ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Economic Development Authority approved the Brooke County Power project for a direct loan to help the natural gas plant become closer to a reality. According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce, the board of directors for the West Virginia Economic ...
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its state-of-the-art laboratories, top-flight scientists and stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies. “It is ...
WELLSBURG — On Tuesday the Brooke and Ohio county commissioners entered into a five-year agreement aimed at improving radio communications between Brooke County’s 911 call center and emergency departments. The agreement calls for the Brooke County Commission to pay $1.7 million over five ...
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — President Donald Trump predicted Tuesday that in 42 days, he will repeat his performance of 2016 and win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. “I’m all for fracking,” he told the crowd. “My opponent is against oil, guns and God.” The Republican incumbent ...
WHEELING — As crews began routine excavation work on a small lot next to the Soldiers and Sailors monument outside West Virginia Independence Hall in downtown Wheeling earlier this week, as plans are in the works to eventually integrate an outdoor children’s learning center on the ...
WASHINGTON — The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic, the court said Monday. Ginsburg’s casket will be on public view Wednesday and Thursday under the portico ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week’s end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launching a monumental Senate confirmation fight ahead of the November election. Trump said he is planning to name his pick ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — An autopsy is pending on an unidentified body discovered Sunday afternoon in Hancock County. Chief Deputy Art Watson of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said Monday morning that the department received a call around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, reporting the discovery of a body ...
CHARLESTON — The number of infections caused by the novel coronavirus continues its upward climb in West Virginia, but some indicators show the virus might be slowing down. Gov. Jim Justice and state officials gave a COVID-19 briefing Monday at the State Capitol Building. “This is a ...
WHEELING — West Virginia Democratic nominee for governor Ben Salango sees COVID-19 cases in the state continuing to increase this fall as current leadership sits on $1.25 billion in federal funds sent to West Virginia to help stop the spread of the virus. Salango arrived by Humvee Saturday ...
WEIRTON — The Weirton Christian Center is in the process of starting a grief support group for children, in partnership with Never Alone WV. Patti Barnabei, founder of Never Alone WV, recently presented $1,000 to assist in creating the program, called Never Alone Kids. It will support ...
The Weirton Rotary Club on Thursday presented the Dan Wilson Scholarship award. The scholarship is awarded each year to a student in the accounting department at West Virginia Northern Community College’s Weirton campus. This year’s recipient is Leah Rotellini. Pictured, from left, are Jack ...
STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Anathan Theatre will perform its mainstage student production outdoors Friday through Sunday. The fall play, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” will be performed under the large tree on the lawn near Finnegan Fieldhouse. Proper social ...
WELLSBURG — Brooke County resident Eric Freeland, who owns and operates a produce and berry farm near Windsor Heights, has been chosen as West Virginia Northern Panhandle Soil Conservation District 2020 “Farm of the Year” — a distinction he takes great pride in for his family’s ...
WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Commission recently announced it will form a partnership with the Ohio County Commission to improve communications between the county’s 911 call center and emergency departments. On Tuesday the Brooke County Commissioners approved a resolution calling for the ...
WEIRTON — City council is scheduled to meet in a special session Wednesday to further discuss an ordinance establishing a permitting process for special events in the community, as well as to vote on an agreement involving a new residential development. Council will meet at 6 p.m. in the ...
WHEELING — The voting registration deadline in West Virginia is less than a month away, with the number of Republican voter registrations increasing throughout both the state and the Northern Panhandle so far this year, while Democratic numbers are decreasing. West Virginians not presently ...
WHEELING — More than 65,000 West Virginians already have requested an absentee ballot for the Nov. 3 presidential election. A total of 65,348 requests had been verified by the county clerks as of Sept. 15, according to information provided by the West Virginia Secretary of State’s ...
A procession of supporters of President Donald Trump made its way Saturday from Penco Road in Weirton to state Route 2 in Wellsburg and several residential areas along the way. (Photo by Warren Scott)