With several projects under way at this time, the
majority of local IBEW members are working on both sides of the Ohio River, and
as far north as Beaver County, Pa.
“But, right now, we’re just OK with economic
development here in the valley as far as major development is concerned,”
Giffin said. “Of course, we have some working on the road construction, and I’m
seeing some movement in the Bellaire area, too, with a couple of new restaurants popping up.
But, in many ways, Howard dreads most the first significant snowfall in the region, and although the National Weather Service is not forecasting any of the white stuff for the Upper Ohio Valley until the first week of December, it’s on his mind.
It is an investigation never before conducted by a law enforcement agency in the Upper Ohio Valley, and that is one reason why the ongoing process is nearing two weeks in length.
Former West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant announced that she is launching a campaign to serve in that position again. Tennant, a Democrat, was twice elected to serve as Secretary of State in 2008 and 2012.
If the names of the two drivers involved are released by the Wheeling Police Department, LEDE News will not publish them because we feel there is no need to report them.
The city of Wheeling was not awarded a $15.3 million BUILD Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation despite the support from all three of the federal lawmakers representing the Northern Panhandle.
It is an unimaginable, unthinkable tragedy, and that is why investigators continue working this evening to piece together the information collected today at the...
UPDATE:
The Wheeling Police Department has released the name of the victim from this morning’s accident. The victim’s name is Michelle Lynn Czoka, a 54-year...
