News Stories for November 2005
Stories for Wednesday, November 30
PPG And Union Negotiate
Almost three months on the picket line and Wednesday they were back at the table. PPG and the International Chemical Workers Union sat down for their first negotiation since the strike began. The union local president is characterizing Wednesdays negotiations as a step forward. The sides did not come to ...
Ohio Valley Drug Task Force
Federal cuts on law enforcement spending could hurt the fight against drugs in the Ohio valley. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force is funded, in part, through the Byrne Formula Grant.More than one million dollars is cut from that grant starting in 2006. The task force combines ...
Local Charities Ready To Help Steelworkers
News of the 800 jobs cuts at Weirton Mittal Steel spread quickly to local charities. Both the United Way and the Salvation Army are willing to help the affected workers. Spokespersons from both charities said they need help from the community. Monetary donations are what both organizations said they are ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 29
BREAKING NEWS: MITTAL ELIMINATING 800 JOBS
The hot end of the local plant will not go back online. This means approximately 800 jobs will be eliminated. All of this is according to Brian James, plant manager at Mittal's Weirton plant. James tells us as of right now, there are no plans in the near future to ...
Suit Filed Against City Of Wheeling
Two registered voters in Wheeling, WV are asking a judge to compel the Wheeling City Clerk to certify a petition of registered voters. The petition is requesting a special election in Wheeling to up hold or strike down the smoking ban. After receiving the petition, signed by hundreds of people, ...
Local Soldiers Coming Home
It's been more than a year since local soldiers from the U.S. Army's Bravo Company, 463rd Engineer Battalion left for Iraq and this week they're coming home. The company is based in Weirton and for the local families they left behind, the anticipation is growing. Early Thursday morning an estimated ...
Fan Fever Hits Steubenville
The football teams of Steubenville Big Red and Steubenville Catholic Central faced each other year after year in one of the most highly charged rivalries in the Ohio Valley. Both teams already have a state title to their name. Big Red won in 1984 and Central won in 1993. Now, ...
Homeless Shelter Halted On 15th
Hopeful Housing's board of directors voted against continuing to work with the Greater Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless. This means, a homeless shelter will not go in a former apartment building on 15th and Wood Street. The vote will not stop the homeless coalition from moving forward with their plan ...
Stories for Monday, November 28
Strategic Plan For Education
The Ohio County school board is looking forward to education in the next five years, and Monday night they approved a strategic plan to make sure no child is left behind. Superintendent Larry Miller said the plan includes changes in curriculum for the next five years in each subject at ...
Striking Teachers Head Into Negotiations
Negotiating teams for both the Bridgeport School Board and the Bridgeport Education Association met Monday night at the Days Inn in St. Clairsville to try and reach a contract agreement. The talks started at six o'clock, and as of eleven o'clock, both groups were still inside negotiating. Bridgeport teachers have ...
East Wheeling Plan Seeing Progress?
Five years ago The Hopeful City put together a steering committee and, with the help of East Wheeling residents, created a long-term plan for revitalization. "Nothing has been able to be accomplished," said Rev. Yolanda Wright. "The trees that were put in, we put those in as a part of ...
Homeland Security Not Getting Used
Over $1 million in life saving equipment just sitting and collecting dust in Ohio County, WV Garages. Local emergency management officials say the equipment purchased for Homeland Security should also get use for everyday disasters. Trailers full of equipment ready for use in breaches of homeland security, the good part ...
Armed Robbery Investigation
The search is on for the man who robbed two Weirton gaming parlors. These robberies happened in the past few days and detectives are reviewing surveillance tapes. Early Friday morning, shortly after the Cactus Club opened up a man with a ski mask walked in. The surveillance video shows the ...
Hunting Accident
A Pennsylvania man is recovering after his gun exploded in his face. It happened Monday morning in Hanover Township, near the Pennsylvania, West Virginia state line. Officers say 72 year old Robert Carrara of Freedom Pennsylvania was hunting when the gun he was using exploded. Clifford Robertson lives nearby and ...
Connected Robberies?
Sunday afternoon two gas stations were robbed in Steubenville. First, the BP on corner of Third and South was robbed at 9:30 in the morning. Next, the Speedway on North Third was robbed at 3:15 that afternoon. Monday morning at 1:15 the Freedom Way Casino in Weirton was robbed. Detectives ...
Stories for Saturday, November 26
Police Chase
Police say a local dentist led them on a high speed chase in Ohio County. It happened Friday night in Wheeling. Just about ten o'clock Friday night police noticed a silver car heading eastbound on the one thousand block of National Road. Officers say the driver was speeding and when ...
Stories for Friday, November 25
Wellsburg Looks To Increase Tourism
The population of Wellsburg has been declining since the 1930's. Older residents, and hard economic times had Wellsburg city officials looking for ideas. So they turned to West Virginia University. "We wanted to get an outside view of the city of Wellsburg," Norm Schwertfeger, a WVU Extension agent, said. "Strengths ...
On-Line Shopping
The retailers are out of the red and in the black, the holiday season is here, but this years a bit different as consumers are going to new means to do their holiday shopping. Instead of fighting those long lines many people are using their computer to shop. They're simply ...
Armed Robbery
The search is on for the men who robbed a local man at gunpoint. The robbery happened overnight in Steubenville. The robbery happened around one thirty Friday morning. The victim says he was walking down Jefferson Street when the three men started to follow behind. When the man got to ...
463rd Returning Home
Staci Graham and her two sons are anxiously waiting for the return of Gary Graham and the 463rd engineer battalion. The soldiers are back in the USA finishing the last bit of their assignment. "I was calling everybody to tell them they were on American soil. They're here. We're just ...
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