CHARLESTON — Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. Senate next year to begin serving her third six-year term on Capitol Hill. WV MetroNews, the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the election ...
U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli beat his Democratic challenger in a successful bid for reelection. Rulli, R-Salem, defeated Democrat Elizabeth Kirtley of New Philadelphia 59% to 41% in the 6th Congressional District race, according to incomplete and unofficial results. Rulli said of the relative ...
STEUBENVILLE — City officials are making plans for Army 1st Lt. Raymond Banker Gilbert’s long overdue homecoming. Gilbert, a Steubenville native, served with Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950, after being wounded and taken prisoner during his unit’s withdrawal from Kunu-ri to Sunchon, North Korea, during the Battle of the Ch’ongch’on River. The army subsequently determined Gilbert had died from his wounds on July 31, 1951, while a prisoner of war. After the war, remains ...
MORGANTOWN – With 83% of the vote counted, incumbent Riley Moore was surging over challenger Ace Parsi in the race for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. Moore, a former state treasurer whose grandfather was former West Virginia governor Arch Moore and whose aunt is Shelley Moore ...
STEUBENVILLE — There will be no change at the top of Jefferson County government after Commissioner Eric Timmons was re-elected to his seat Tuesday. A 50-year-old Republican from Steubenville, Timmons defeated Democratic challenger Brent Nemeth, according to unofficial results from the ...
CHARLESTON — Voting by non-citizens is already illegal in West Virginia and federal elections, but voters in the Mountain State appeared to agree with cementing that prohibition within the state's constitution. Amendment 1, putting in place a U.S. citizenship requirement to vote in West ...
