McMechen News

Veterans Day took on special meaning Wednesday in Marshall County, where residents will welcome a fallen hero as he returns home for the last time today.

Project Sticker Shock 2009 will be held from10-11 a.m. Wednesday throughout Marshall County.

The wheels on the buses to Moundsville may be going round and round, but the number of riders on them has Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority officials concerned.

The 96th annual Convention of the Northern District of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of West Virginia was held at Benedum Commons in Bethany.

Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority buses will head to The Highlands on Saturdays this holiday season, as the board voted Tuesday to expand runs to the retail development on a trial basis.

Today the next phase of construction on Route 2 between McMechen and I-470 is set to get underway.

McMechen native OJ Hays is one of 15 finalists in the running for the Red Bull Manny Mania Digital Finals.

The time Patrick Tribett has spent in jail has apparently done nothing to ease his need to get high by huffing spray paint.

W.Va. 2 road repair between South Wheeling and McMechen will begin moving at a faster pace now that it is entering the second phase of the project, highways officials said.

The West Virginia Division of Highways advises motorists that work will continue on Route 2 between McMechen and Benwood City limits and I-470 over the next four weeks.

The Brooke County Pioneer Trail Association has reimbursed the Brooke County Commission for a portion of the funds it put up for a $300,000 grant awarded for the trail's extension and is continuing to work to raise the remainder.

McMECHEN-Patrick Tribett is back in the Northern Regional Jail at Moundsville facing more charges related to huffing spray paint.

He's got a pretty memorable mug shot that's made news across the country. The alleged "huffer" is behind bars again.

Some in the town of McMechen want to build a new pool and park for the community.

The waters have receded and most roads have reopened, but Ohio Valley emergency management agencies still are dealing with the lingering impact of the driving rain and flooding that pounded the area late Wednesday and early today.

It was standing room only from McMechen on the first Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority bus to Glen Dale and Moundsville in more than 31 years.

Frequency of public bus service on select routes will be reduced to every hour only between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. starting Monday, said Tom Hvizdos, executive director of the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority.

Benwood officials are looking into whether it was legal for the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority board to decrease the frequency of bus service in their city.

While other areas of the country are struggling to keep fraternal organizations operating, the American Legion is growing in West Virginia.

Emergency crews were expected to resume their search today for a man who is believed to have drowned in the Ohio River at Moundsville on Monday.