WHEELING — It was 100 years ago today that dozens of the most influential residents in Wheeling came together to give the city what is now known as Wheeling Park. By the evening of Christmas Eve in 1924, more than 170 pledges from individuals and groups in the city were enough to purchase ...
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 ...
CHARLESTON — The first grants for the West Virginia First Foundation’s Initial Opportunity grant program were announced Monday morning, with $10.4 million of the state’s nearly $1 billion in opioid settlement dollars going out the door to governments and non-profits. The Wheeling ...
CHARLESTON — Senior U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is now confirmed to take the gavel for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, while junior U.S. Senator-Elect Jim Justice received his first committee assignments. While members of Congress were working Friday night to pass ...
CHARLESTON — As the state changes over to 2025 in just over two weeks, Governor-Elect Patrick Morrisey said he will announce changes in state department and agency leadership after the New Year. In a press release Monday morning, Morrisey said his transition team will announce new ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror charges while his attorney complained that comments coming from New York’s mayor would make it tough to receive a fair trial. Luigi Mangione, 26, was ...
