WEIRTON — With school back in session, area law enforcement agencies are urging drivers to stay vigilant for students waiting at bus stops or walking to school. Brooke County students return to the classroom today, with Hancock County Schools beginning the school year Monday. “We would ...
WELLSBURG — The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau will have more opportunities to market the region following a presentation Tuesday to the Brooke County Commission. CVB Executive Director Rachel Keeney attended the commission’s meeting to provide the organization’s ...
MINGO JUNCTION — Five teens ages 13 to 17 were injured early Monday after the Ford Ranger they were in went over a guardrail at the intersection of Logan Avenue and Commerce Street, careened down an embankment and caught fire. Three of the youths were flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital, Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Robert Bodo said. Three of the teens were believed to be riding in the bed of the truck when the driver lost control. Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies reported one of the juveniles was located “in the brush injured, below the truck.” Another was ...
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has spent her recess crisscrossing West Virginia, looking at the progress that has been made in many of its corners. The West Virginia Republican was at the Mitchell Power Plant in Marshall County on Tuesday and made a stop in Morgantown on Wednesday to witness ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County’s senior services levy will still be collected even if UPMC completes its acquisition of Trinity Health System, but who administers the funding would have to change. The county's Prime Time senior services program is currently administered by Tri-State Health Services. In a recent opinion, Assistant Prosecutor Shawn Blake advised commissioners that if the deal is finalized, “then Tri-State Health Services would likely cease to exist.” If it does, he said levy proceeds would continue to be collected and the revenue would be deposited in a special ...
CHARLESTON – A former teacher and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts related to grooming and sexual activity with a minor. Elliott Pritt, 36, of Oak Hill, is charged with sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement of a child, and tampering with a witness, victim or informant, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Moore Capito. Pritt was arrested July 22 on the enticement charge and resigned from the House less than a week later. He was elected in ...
