News Stories for December 2005
Stories for Thursday, December 22
Future Of Capitol Music Hall Uncertain
Only a couple of performances are scheduled for 2006 at the historic Capitol Music Hall, and that has people worried. "Aside from just the economic impact, there would be a real darkness in downtown if Capitol Music Hall was not there," said Hydie Friend, the executive director of Wheeling National ...
Police Pursuit Results In Two Arrests
18-year-olds Ja'Ron Williams and John Jeter, both of Steubenville, are facing felony charges after a police pursuit in Steubenville early Thursday morning. Williams is charged with drug possession and obstructing official business. Arresting officers searched Williams and reported he had crack cocaine on him. Police said Jeter was the driver ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 21
Residents Fight Proposed Air Shaft
Marshall County residents stood before representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection Wednesday in hopes of keeping a proposed coal mining air ventilation shaft out of their back yards. Consol Energy has applied for a permit to put a ventilation shaft and a gathering pond on land near Breezy Acres. ...
More Charges Against Suspects
More charges are racking up against two men accused of a string of armed robberies at local gaming parlors in Brooke and Hancock Counties. This week in Brooke County Robert Baker of Wellsburg and William Gallo of Weirton were arraigned on additional charges in Wellsburg. Police are linking the suspects ...
Local Family Catches Robber Suspect
Monday night Pennsylvania State Police arrested David Delp Junior of Weirton. Police say he is behind a dozen ATV thefts in the area. Investigators say what led up to Delp's arrest started with the capture of his accomplice by a local family. It was the start of hunting season and ...
Locked-Out Ormet Workers Get Unemployment
There is a sense of relief and progress among locked-out Ormet employees. Unemployment checks were mailed out Monday, just in time for Christmas. "It's absolutley a Christmas present, a New Years Eve present, and everything else you want to count," said Ronnie Blatt, vice president of Local Union 54. For ...
State Money To Help Jefferson Co. Prevention, Recovery Board
The Jefferson County Prevention and Recovery Board has received $173,000 from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. The money will be used to make building upgrades to the Southern Community Service Center in New Alexandria. The center provides alcohol and chemical dependency rehabilitation and treatment, and it's ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 20
Water Rates Going Up
Water customers in Wheeling will be paying 35% more for water starting in March. Tuesday night council voted in favor of the rate hike which will pay for pump station upgrades, new water lines throughout the city, operational maintenance, and a design plan for the new treatment plant. Some of ...
Local Officials Find Root Of Problem
A big slippery mess, people who live near Wilson Avenue in Steubenville Township say for over a year there has been a steady stream of water onto the road and this cold weather has turned that water into ice. Monday NEWS9 went searching for some answers and Tuesday local officials ...
ATV Thefts
Monday night, a routine traffic stop turned into an arrest. State Police in Pennsylvania say they pulled over 19 year old David Delp Junior of Weirton. Brooke County deputies have been looking for Delp because they say he is behind at least a dozen ATV thefts in Brooke and Hancock ...
Water Break Causes Early Dismissal
Students at Buckeye Southwest Middle School got out of class early Tuesday thanks to a water line break. A crew installing a new line in Tiltonsville hit an existing line which shut off water to the school and two homes nearby. Excavation crews blame old maps for the mistake. The ...
Juveniles Facing Drug Charges
Two juveniles are behind bars for allegedly fleeing from police, getting in a minor car accident, and then tossing drugs out of the car they were driving. It was Steubenville police who first spotted the car driving with one headlight. A patrolman put on his lights and siren to try ...
Stories for Monday, December 19
Target Signs On At Highlands
Monday night the Ohio County Development Authority announced Target is the newest store to sign on for land at the Highlands. County Administrator Greg Stewart said Target's commitment gives the site validity. Stewart said, "We'll have tenants from around the country interested in the site because Target is now here." ...
Water Problem
Steubenville Township and City leaders say they are looking into a water problem on Wilson Avenue. People in the area say the problem has been around for years. Water is running off a hillside onto Wilson Avenue in Steubenville Township. In warm weather people who live nearby say there is ...
New Evidence In Armed Robberies
Last week two men accused in a string of armed robberies went before a judge in Hancock County now police have recovered a key piece of evidence in the case. The robberies happened all over Hancock and Brooke Counties. Police say two men used a sawed off shot gun to ...
Two Men Injured At Centre Foundry
One man remains in the hospital after a small explosion at the Centre Foundry plant in the Warwood section of Wheeling. The incident happened around 9am on Monday morning. Crews from the Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring for any possible dangerous pollutants in the air. The Director of the Wheeling-Ohio ...
Stories for Sunday, December 18
High Heating Bills
It's going to take a lot more cash to run your furnace next month, if your a customer of Columbia Gas of Ohio, the company announced there will be a big jump in gas prices. Just when some people were thinking the major affects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita were ...
Stories for Saturday, December 17
Plane Crashes In Toronto
A plane topples over and crashes in Jefferson County and the pilot is able to escape. The plane crash happened early Saturday morning in Toronto. Police say around eight o'clock Saturday morning, a pilot lost control of his plane. Officers say it happened at the Eddie Dew Memorial Airport in ...
Stories for Friday, December 16
PPG And River Coalition Appeal DEP
PPG Industries in Natrium, W.Va. and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition are appealing a decision by the Department of Environmental Protection, but the two have different complaints PPG is asking the state to allow a mixing zone. PPG says a mixing zone would allow river water to dilute mercury discharges ...
Armed Robbery Suspects Head To Court
William Gallo and Robert Baker appeared in Hancock County Court Friday morning. Both men are accused of robbing several video lottery parlor workers at gunpoint. The men were captured by police last Thursday after a robbery at the Country Market in Weirton. Prosecutor Jim Davis says the men hit the ...
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