The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

Esmark Sued for $540 Million

Fri, 9 May 2008 11:21:13 EDT

WHEELING — ArcelorMittal has sued Esmark Inc., the parent company of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., and a joint venture that was trying to buy a Maryland steel plant for $540 million, alleging breach of contract.

Esmark responded today that, although it has not received a copy of the lawsuit, it considers the action “frivolous.

Vehicular Homicide Charge Filed

Fri, 9 May 2008 11:21:51 EDT

ST. CLAIRSVILLE-The driver of a car that police said struck and killed a 23-year-old St. Clairsville woman last month was indicted on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide.

A Belmont County grand jury returned the secret indictment Wednesday against St. Clairsville-area resident Amanda Hudock, 22. Police said Hudock was the driver of the vehicle that struck Mary E.

W.Va. Soldiers Can Vote By Fax; E-Mail May Be Added

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:11:38 EDT

WHEELING - While swabbing the deck at sea, returning enemy fire in downtown Baghdad or catching some shut-eye in a rolling Humvee, finding time to also vote may fall off a soldier's to-do list.

And for others, remembering to mail an absentee voting ballot 6,280 miles from Baghdad to Wheeling on time may seem unreasonable; being a soldier is hard enough.

Amish Woman Sues Sheriff, Claims Kidnapping

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:15:29 EDT

An Amish woman who claims she was kidnapped by Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla in a conspiracy with her former husband has filed a lawsuit against the sheriff, the county commissioners and members of her husband's family.

Wilma Troyer of township Road 280, Bergholz, claims in the lawsuit that Abdalla came to her parents' home in Bergholz on May 7, 2007, and demanded to see her.

Steelers Owner Brings Support For Obama to Wheeling

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:14:52 EDT

WHEELING - For Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, the Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia is down to the two-minute warning.

And he appeared with Obama supporters at the Salsa Cafe in Wheeling Thursday to take U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., downfield for a victory on May 13.

"We're at the goal line - in the red zone," Rooney said. "We have to put it in.