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WSO Announces Community Choir Screening
To commemorate the 95th anniversary season “Your Community in Concert”, the Wheeling Symphony is creating the WSO Community Choir to perform on the Masterworks program in May 2025. The 60-voice choir (SATB) will sing on a new work that the WSO is commissioning from Wheeling based composer, Dr....
Bankruptcy blazes a trail of delays for Wheeling's new fire headquarters
WHEELING, W.Va. — Months ago, construction stopped on the Wheeling Fire Department Headquarters. And although there is no physical movement happening, progress is being made behind the scenes. Exactly 2 years ago, the fire department broke ground on a new, $9 million home, with a completion goal of fall...
2024 High School Football First Look: Ripley Vikings
RIPLEY, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Ripley Vikings have a new, but familiar voice leading the program in Ryan Simon who is taking over as the head coach this season. He is a former Viking quarterback and a member of the Ripley High School Viking Football Hall of Fame. He talks about how he’s connected with the players who have already learned a lot from him through the offseason.
Two month-long drug trafficking investigation in Ohio leads to multiple arrests
GUERNSEY COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — A Cambridge man is behind bars, and three others are being held in county jail while officials file formal charges after drug trafficking investigations in Guernsey County. According to the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies and Detectives from the Guernsey County Investigations Division executed multiple search warrants inside the City […]
Two anglers catch record black crappies on same day at Woodrum Lake
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has reported that two anglers fishing together on Aug. 8 caught state-record black crappie, setting records for both length and weight. “I’m thrilled to celebrate this unprecedented fishing achievement and hope these new benchmarks inspire anglers from […]
A Contaminated Water Lawsuit And The History Of Voting This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, residents around Indian Creek say their water has been contaminated by mining. Briana Heaney went down to Pineville to talk those who are beginning to take legal action. Also on this episode, many people expected the 2024 presidential election would be unpredictable. But no one...
Pregnant woman killed in house fire in Elrama, Washington County
ELRAMA, Pa. — A young woman who was rescued from a fire at a Washington County home Friday morning has died. The chief of Elrama Volunteer Fire Company identified the victim as Sabrina Boyle, 19. A family friend told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that Boyle was 24 weeks pregnant...
Cleveland man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl in West Virginia
WHEELING, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Cleveland man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison Monday for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Ohio County. Solomon Eli Watters, 28, pled guilty in January 2023 to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and 400 grams or more […]
Downtown Morgantown bar fuels patrons’ ‘Pour Choices’
A new bar and restaurant dubbed “Pour Choices Pub & Grub” opened its doors to Downtown Morgantown on Aug. 17. Located at 227 Chestnut St., the pub offers patrons a calm and cool atmosphere, neighboring music venue 123 Pleasant St., according to owner Jamel Smalls. “We're open to...
Seminoles run past Golden Eagles, 59-12
BELPRE — Second-year Monroe Central head man Jonathan Calder watched his program score the first eight times they had the ball in the first half here Friday night at Ralph Holder Stadium en route to posting a 59-12 victory versus Belpre in the season opener for both programs. “Turnovers...
Bethel Park opens season with breezy win vs. Seneca Valley
One pick-6 in a quarter is a momentum shifter, but two?. That is typically a game changer. And that was the case for Bethel Park on Friday night. Jack Bruckner and William Sabatos each intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter to set the tone, and the Black Hawks went on to beat Seneca Valley, 50-14, in a Week Zero game at NexTier Stadium.
Man claims he killed and raped multiple woman, has desire to do it again
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man tells witnesses he had killed multiple people and raped women and his desire to do it again. On August 21, 2024, around 10:09 PM, officers were called to St. Marks Bar at 932 4th Avenue in Huntington, WV, Cabell County. Employees reported that a man was discussing firearms and […]
Firefighter and pregnant woman recovering after early morning house fire in Washington County
ELRAMA, Pa. (KDKA) -- A pregnant woman and a firefighter are recovering at the hospital after they were injured in a fire in Washington County Friday morning. Elrama Fire Chief Lenny Bailey said the firefighter suffered severe burns. Both of their conditions are unknown at this time. Dzintra Ullis was terrified to see her neighbor's house up in flames. It was around 5 a.m. on Fairview by Pollock, when she woke up to flashing lights and noises coming from outside, just like Leslie Naple next door. "I came running out and it was just engulfed in flames," Naple said....
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