Las Vegas man charged as part of cross-country drug trafficking ring

WHEELING, West Virginia (KTNV) — A Las Vegas man is one of 12 people that have been indicted for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, crack, and methamphetamine across the United States.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of West Virginia, 30-year-old Dalen Cage is accused of being part of a drug trafficking enterprise that spanned from Las Vegas to the Ohio Valley.

The indictments were the result of a comprehensive investigation that included five federal searches in West Virginia and Ohio o ... Read more

Local Union Training Conference

Local Union Training Conference

United Mine Workers of America Contracts Department, in collaboration with the West Virginia University Institute for Labor Studies and Research (ILSR), has, for several years, conducted an annual training ... Read more

HPU Student Awarded Gilman Scholarship to Study Abroad

HIGH POINT, N.C., June 5, 2024 – Phillip Redford, a rising senior majoring in finance, received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study global business this summer in Sydney, Australia.

The Gilman Scholars ... Read more

U.S. Attorneys to host financial crimes conference

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Financial professionals throughout West Virginia will gather next week to learn about the latest trends in economic crimes and how to prevent them from occurring.

United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld of th ... Read more

Independence Hall Hosting Free Concert Saturday

WHEELING – West Virginia Independence Hall Museum on Market Street in downtown Wheeling will host a free concert by the Community Serenade band from 1-3 p.m. Saturday. The music will include traditional jazz and popular tunes.

Established in 2018 with a grant from the nonprofit Try This West Virginia, the Community Serenade band includes trumpets, saxophones, clarinet, keyboard, bass, drums, violin and viola players led by local jazz cornet player Matt Hill. Other members of the Community Serenade band include Laurie Ruberg, Fran ... Read more

West Virginia Political Leaders Speak Out On Trump Verdict

WHEELING – West Virginia’s leaders – and some who want to be- have offered their thoughts on Thursday’s guilty verdict in the trial of former president Donald Trump. Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts in a New York courtroom, making h ... Read more

Manchin registers as an Independent after years of speculati

Manchin registers as an Independent after years of speculation

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a lifelong Democrat whose policy positions have o ... Read more

Velma Adrian Rue – Meigs Independent Press

Velma Adrian Rue

Velma Adrian Rue, 100, of Middleport, Ohio passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center. Born on June 10, 1922 in Crown City, Ohio was the daughter of the late Hobart and Ferne Dillon. Vel ... Read more