Ohio County News

Motorists traveling through Ohio County are showing a complete disregard for the law and a nonchalant attitude when it comes to driving with a suspended license, according to Sheriff Pat Butler.

Wheeling Police and the Ohio County Prosecutor's Office are still undecided on the direction they'll take on the recent death of a man after a night of drinking.

Wheeling, Ohio County , West Virginia A former West Virginia sheriff will spend a year in federal prison for his role in the December 2010 beating of a robbery suspect.

"West Liberty University's initiative to provide ambitious and academically motivated high school juniors and seniors a chance to accelerate their education is now ending the first year of its pilot program.

Last year at this time, Ohio County schools officials had a dismal report on the high school graduation rate.

For decades, Table Rock Farm in Ohio County has been a curiosity for history buffs seeking a chance to walk the same woods and fields that the area's settlers and Native American population inhabited centuries ago.

Ohio County Prosecutor Scott Smith and police Detective Greg Harris on Friday reviewed the investigation into the death of a man who was punched and fell from a porch in Fulton, striking his head on the concrete pavement below.

Sancomb, who has served as the school's interim principal since former principal Julie Shively left the position in March after two years, will officially take over beginning July 1. She previously served as assistant principal during Shively's tenure.

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin next week before Ohio County Senior Judge Arthur Recht in the cases filed on behalf of about 700 plaintiffs who claim they were harmed by tobacco use.

The graduation rate at Wheeling Park High is now at 81.4 percent - up from 74.7 percent last year, Superintendent Dianna Vargo announced.

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin next week in Charleston in civil cases filed on behalf of hundreds of local people against the country's largest tobacco manufacturers.

Following much debate over the Wheeling Human Rights Commission's role, City Council will settle the matter Tuesday by deciding how to distribute $1 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money.

There's only one hookah bar in the state of West Virginia, and after a recent Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health meeting, it appears it will stay that way.

The West Virginia Legislature, historical re-enactments and a commissioned musical work celebrating the Mountain State's history all will be part of West Virginia's 150th birthday celebration on June 20.

The Brooke County Commission learned Tuesday Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has awarded a $13,500 grant for a planned tie-in between three local water treatment systems.

Melody Fisher entered a plea Tuesday to planning and attempting to rob the Elm Grove Pharmacy in May 2012 - a crime that turned fatal when a store employee shot her armed co-conspirator, Kevin Walnoha, inside the business.

A city police officer en route to a report of a man screaming for help was involved in a vehicle accident at the intersection of Washington Avenue and National Road just after noon Tuesday.

Wheeling Police say Robert Daniel Lawson stalked another man in the street and stabbed him Wednesday night following an argument between the two at a bar on Wheeling Island.

Former Wheeling Middle School teacher Jennifer Bennett, who allegedly exchanged nude pictures with a student, postponed pleading guilty to a child pornography charge Wednesday on the advice of her attorney.

A Wheeling Park High School senior who was pulled from class and arrested by West Virginia State Police in September pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting two girls younger than 10 years old.