The Ohio Oil and Gas Management Commission has approved a record-setting 22 fracking bids, opening nearly 15,000 acres of state-owned public land for future energy development. Drilling cannot begin until the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issues final permits.
Steubenville will begin a $700,000 rehabilitation project on the Belleview Water Tank in early July. The half-million-gallon tank serving the LaBelle area will be drained, cleaned, and repainted through funding provided by a low-interest Ohio EPA loan.
Police are investigating a domestic stabbing on Lumber Avenue in Wheeling that sent two people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. During the response, a vehicle also struck a Wheeling police motorcycle officer, who was treated and released.
Federal authorities are offering a $3,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of David Anthony Sawicki, wanted in connection with a six-year-old fatal hit-and-run case in Ohio. Investigators say he may also be using the alias Anthony Horvath.
A Weirton man is behind bars after investigators charged him with six felony counts of sexual abuse involving a child. Fifty-five-year-old Chalmer Noble is being held on a $120,000 bond.
The St. Clairsville-Richland City School District has officially named Christina Laudermilt as its new superintendent. She takes over August 1 after serving as interim superintendent since February and spending nearly two decades with the district.
And after nearly 40 years under the Weaver family, Wheeling Volkswagen-Subaru has been purchased by the Crown Auto Group. While the dealership will receive a new name, current employees are expected to remain with the company.
