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  •   Double-Homicide Suspect Found Dead
  •   Threat Found on Sherrard Middle School Bathroom Stall
  •   Dover Man Facing Murder Charges
  •   First Dog to be Euthanized Under Wheeling's Vicious Dog Ordinance Will Take Place Thursday
  • Kanawha County Man Jailed in Ohio County After Traffic Stop
  • Murder Suspect Pleads No Contest
  • Semi Not at Fault for Rear-Ending Car in Belmont County, Police Said
  • Boyfriend of Murdered Dover Woman has Initial Court Appearance Tuesday
  • Authorities Converge on Belmont County Home
  • Family Charged with Torturing Companion Animals
  • Activist Arrested After Protest at DEP Headquarters in Charleston
  •   Three Fires Deemed Arson in Bellaire, Ohio
  • Four Indicted for Theft of Government Benefits
  •   Woman Charged with Animal Neglect Near Dennison, Ohio
  • Police Say Man Admits to Stealing Cigarettes, Laundry Detergent
  •   Beer Truck Stolen in Wheeling, Woman Arrested After Stumbling From Truck
  •   Shots Fired Overnight in Steubenville
  • Investigators Search for Wal-Mart Theft Suspects
  • Man Allegedly Fires Shots In Two Cities
  • Elderly Woman’s Purse Stolen in Front of High-Rise
  • Man Arrested After Police Allegedly Find Drugs
  •   Ihlenfeld Takes Oath as New US Attorney
  • Home Raided, Two Arrests Made
  •   Corrections Commissioner Releases 'Sobering Statistics'
  • Wheeling Man Arrest on Aggravated Robbery Charges
  •   Men Allegedly Flee on ATVs in Ohio County and Now Face Felony Charges
  •   Federal Government Could Take Alleged Weir High Terror Plot Case to Grand Jury
  •   L.A. Fitness Shooting Anniversary: One Year Later (Part One)
  • Grand Jury Indicts Man for Defrauding Wheeling Island Hotel
  •   Terror Charges Dropped Against Weir High Student
  • Man In Custody After Allegedly Fleeing Crash
  • Bomb Threat at Tyler County Fairgrounds
  •   Theft Ring Busted in Harrison County, Ohio
  • Early Morning Break-in Investigated
  • More Charges Filed in Wetzel County Animal Abuse Case
  • McGilton Found Guilty on Three Strikes Rule
  •   Two People Recovering After Pit Bulls Attack on Wheeling Island
  •   Former Noble County Correctional Officer Charged With Sexual Battery
  •   Noble County Corrections Officer Facing Sexual Battery Charges
  •   St. Clairsville Man Jailed After Allegedly Injuring Child
  •   Case Against Former Steubenville Firefighter Heads to Grand Jury
  •   Jailed Belmont County Police Chief Withdraws Appeal
  • Belmont County Campground Assault Allegedly Involves Brass Knuckles
  •   Body of Wheeling Police Lieutenant Killed in Florida Accident Returns Home
  •   Vandals Hit Brooke Hills Park
  •   Special Report: Be a Voice for the Voiceless
  •   Wheeling Officer Killed While in Florida
  • "Good Secrets, Bad Secrets" Harmony House in Wheeling has a Lesson for Your Family
  • Man Crashes Car Into Pond
  •   Jury Finds Ohio County Man Guilty of Sexually Abusing Mentally Handicapped Woman
  •   Week 2 of State Police Training
  • New Martinsville Man Admits to Sexually Abusing 3-Year-Old
  • Priest With Ohio Valley Ties Charged With Aggravated Sexual Battery
  •   Second Robbery for Wheeling Business
  •   Vandals Hit Marshall County Park
  • First Class of Wheeling's Junior Academy Graduates
  • Date Rape Drug Awareness Key at Summer Events
  •   Life in Prison For Nathan "Boo" Herring
  •   Ohio Man Killed During July 4 Fireworks Display
  • W.Va. State Police Testing Applicants for 61st Cadet Class
  • W.Va. Attorney General's Office Files Lawsuit in Fundraising Scam
  • Hancock County Officials Warn of Break-Ins
  • Wanted Man Caught in Jefferson County
  •   Sex Offender Back To Prison for Allegedly Failing to Register
  •   First Ever Junior Police Academy Held in Wheeling
  •   Man Considered Armed, Dangerous is Wanted in Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton
  •   Ohio County Man Gets Maximum Sentence on Charges of Sexual Assault
  • Four Massey Miners Charged in 2006 Aracoma Fire
  • Sexual Predator Gets Two Life Sentences In Belmont County
  • Moundsville Man Arrested As Fugitive from Md.
  •   Police: Tips Helped Break Up Belmont County ATV Theft Ring
  •   Alleged Brooke County Beating Suspects Face Judge and Victims
  •   Gulf Oil Spill Affecting Where Famous Wheeling Fish Market Gets Shrimp
  • Two Charged With Second Sexual Assault in Marshall County
  • Crimefighters Tipline Credited in Wheeling Bar Robbery Arrest
  • Brooke County Beating Suspect Captured in Washington, Pennsylvania
  •   Wheeling Man on Trial for Alleged Stabbing
  • Four Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Grant Program
  • Authorities Search for Father of Suspect In Deadly Road Rage Case
  •   Man Found Guilty in Fatal Fire Death of His Son
  •   School Officials Plead Not Guilty To Crimes In Connection With Bomb Threat
  • Most Wanted Man Arrested by U.S. Marshals
  •   Family Demonstrates Over Murder
  • Shots Fired In Steubenville One Man Arrested
  • Woman Charged with Malicious Wounding Over Remote Control
  • Brooke County Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault
  • Bellaire Man Sentenced for Distributing Crack Near Playground
  •   A Border-Sized Marijuana Bust Made in Steubenville
  • Wheeling Police Find Missing Girl Safe
  • Copper Theft Arrests Made; More to Come, Police Say
  •   Steubenville Murder Suspect Brought to Ohio Valley From New York
  •   Wheeling Man Found Guilty on Child Pornography Charges
  •   Part Two: Gangs Reportedly Growing in the Mountain State
  •   Gangs Reportedly Growing in Mountain State
  •   Man Accused of Sex Crimes Has Day in Court
  •   Marshall County Business Seized in Major Drug Raid
  •   Only on 7: Murder Investigations Draining Steubenville Police Funds
  •   Wheeling Business Robbed, Suspect in Custody
  •   Arrest Made in Steubenville Murder
  • Wheeling Council Approves Police 'Restructuring' Plan
  •   Officers Undergo Taser Training at West Virginia Northern Community College
  •   Man Arrested, Charged With Kidnapping, Malicious Assault and More
  •   Manhunt Under Way After Shooting Incident
  •   Rollover Accident Sparks Manhunt in West Wheeling
  •   Law Enforcement Officials Meet in Moundsville to Discuss Prescription Drug Problem
  • Mother Speaks Out After Daughter Abused by Father
  • Belmont County Robbery Has Police Searching for a Suspect
  •   Man Indicted in Triple-Fatal Car Wreck Case
  • Two Men Arrested in Celebrity Concert Scam
  • Secretary of State: Watch Out for Election Law Violations
  •   Belmont County Man Accused of Crimes Against Children
  •   Emergency Services Levy Shot Down in Steubenville
  •   Bellaire Superintendent, Police Chief Weigh in on Failed Levies
  •   Alleged Moundsville Flasher Faces More Charges
  • Cameron 4-year-old Attacked by Pit Bull
  •   Suspected Illegals Detained in Marshall County
  •   One Man Stabbed, Another Behind Bars in Moundsville
  •   FBI Reportedly Launches MSHA-Massey Bribery Investigation
  •   Officers Determined to Close Marshall County Cold Case
  •   Belmont County Drug Task Force Conducts Early Morning Raid
  •   Second Murder in One Week in Steubenville
  •   Mother of Alleged Beating Speaks Out Against State Police
  •   Ohio Valley Man Arrested with Gun Near Air Force One Has Previous Crimes
  • Belmont County Man Arrested on Sex Charges Relating to Children
  •   Steubenville Woman Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing a Man
  • Mistrial Declared in Gerry Barnes Case
  •   Man Accused of Being Moundsville Flasher Turns Himself In
  •   Steubenville Police Investigating Shooting Death
  •   Monday is Anniversary of Triple Ohio County Murder
  • Bridgeport Man Could Face Years in Prison on Child Endangering Charge
  •   Mobile Meth Lab Leads to Two Arrests in Jefferson County
  • Wheeling Police Need Help With Daytime Robbery Case
  • More Scandal Surrounds Former Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter
  • ATF Agent Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge
  • Baby Uninjured, But Father Jailed After Benwood Incident
  • New Contract Terms Reached for Jefferson County Sheriff Deputies
  •   Steubenville Carjacking Suspect Named in Indictment
  •   Surveillance Camera Shows Man Dropping Dog Over 6-Foot Fence
  •   Anniversary of Murder Stirs Cold Case
  •   Joshua Ridings Asks for Jail Transfer
  • Man Accused of Plotting to Blow Up Courthouse in Court
  •   28-Year-Old Murder Case Is Resolved In Belmont County
  •   Manchin: Trooper Bill Veto Won't Hurt Efforts Against Child Internet Crimes
  •   Serial Killer Gets 20 Years to Life For Belmont County Murder
  • Robber Strikes South Wheeling Business in Broad Daylight
  • Sentencing for Eugene Blake Held Off Until Monday
  • Weirton Police Net Five Arrests in Undercover Sting
  • Man Who Ran From Ohio County Deputy Was Supposed to be on House Arrest
  •   Monroe County Man Faces Explosives Charges
  • Manchin Vetoes Trooper Bill
  • Jail Overpopulation Prompts Close Scrutiny of Criminal Punishment
  • Meth Lab Discovered in Jefferson County, Sheriff Said
  • Two Harrison Central Students Charged with Break-ins
  •   Man Admits Guilt 28 Years After Murder
  • Several False Reports Investigated in Marshall County
  •   Eugene Blake Pleads Guilty in the 1982 Death of Bridgeport Man
  •   Community Action Team Nets Drug Arrest in West Liberty
  •   Bellaire Violence Concerning Police Chief, Residents
  • Thieves Make Off With $25,000 Lawn Tractor in Belmont County
  •   Arrest Made in Murder of Former W.Va. Salvation Army Major
  • Wheeling Man to be Jailed for Malicious Assault
  •   Axe Allegedly Used by Wheeling Man During Attack
  •   Police Search for Suspect in Barnesville Convenience Store Burglary
  •   Mother of Moundsville Flasher Victim Speaks to WTRF
  •   Program to Help Students With Math and Reading Making Way to Mountain State
  •   Convicted Sex Offender Back Behind Bars in Marshall County
  • Bank Officials Discuss Safety After At Least Six Robberies
  • Moundsville Flasher Spotted Again
  •   Huntington Man Indicted for Marshall County Armed Robbery Attempt
  •   Moundsville Man Charged With Sex Crimes Involving Young Girl
  •   1 Dead, 2 Wounded in Shooting on Ohio State Campus
  •   Man Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Father
  •   Steubenville Police Search for Two in Home Invasion
  • Man Considered to be Source of Illegal Narcotics in Tuscarawas County Area Arrested
  •   Sex Offender Pleads, Gets 15-35 Years and 50 Years Supervised Release
  •   Marshall County Prosecutor Reacts to Bowers Case Ruling
  •   Prescription Pill Fraud Prevention Heavy Task
  •   Convicted Sex Offender Allegedly Jumps from Window Before Sentencing
  •   Two Teens Charged With Carjacking in Steubenville
  • Follansbee Man Accused of Abusing Girlfriend's Child
  •   Man Facing Hundreds of Years in Prison is Accused of Faking Suicide Attempt
  •   Moundsville Flasher Allegedly Speaks Before Exposing Himself to Teenager
  • Purse Snatcher Strikes in Marshall County
  • Triadelphia Man Sent to Prison for Cocaine Charges
  •   Imprisoned Former Martins Ferry Police Chief Will Not Get New Trial
  •   Daughter Who Was Raped for Years by Her Father Speaks to WTRF
  •   WTRF Cuts Ribbon on New Steubenville Studio
  •   Bellaire Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Wife, Lying to Police
  •   Threat at Benwood Grocery Store Forces Evacuation
  •   Alleged Jefferson County Gas Station Robber Claims He Was on Drugs
  • Police Arrest Suspect in Geno's Robbery
  •   What You Send From Cell or Computer Could Come Back to Haunt You
  •   GOP Continues To Try To Discharge Bills
  •   String of Armed Robberies Jefferson County Leads to Arrest
  • Man Accused of Triple Fatal Ohio County Accident Waives Preliminary Hearing
  •   Steubenville Police Seize Powdered Cocaine, Crack, Cash
  •   Suspect Pulls Out Knife in Marshall County Armed Robbery
  • New York Fugitive Arrested in Ohio County
  •   Trial Date Set for Murder Suspect
  •   Medical Records for Driver Accused of Causing Triple Fatal to be Released
  •   Push is on to Get 800 W.Va. State Troopers on the Road by 2014
  •   Man Accused of Bomb Robbery in Custody
  •   Wheeling Abductor Back Before Ohio County Judge Wednesday
  • Weirton Man Accused of Kidnapping, Beating Woman
  • Man Accused of Break-In, Firing Gun Appears in Court
  •   Brooke High School Coach Charged With DUI
  • Search Continues For Steubenville Armed Robber
  • Hancock County Man Facing Second-Degree Murder Charge Has Bond Reduced
  • Marshall County Man Allegedly Bites Off-Duty Police Officer
  •   Belmont County Man Found Guilty of 10 Sex Crimes
  •   Marshall County Prosecutor Appeals Circuit Court Appeal of Man Accused of Sex Crimes
  •   FBI Claims They're Close to Nabbing Wheeling Bank Robbery Suspect
  • Wheeling Man Accused of Home Break-In, Foot Pursuit
  •   Mace Used During Steubenville Armed Robbery
  • Escaped Ohio Prisoner Caught Across River in Ohio County
  •   Weirton Man Arrested on Murder Charge
  •   Trial Date Set For Ohio County Man Accused of Sex Crimes
  • Ohio County Concealed Weapons Permits now Require Photos
  • High Speed Chase in Shadyside Ends in Crash and Foot Pursuit
  •   "Clicky" Teaches Ohio County Kids About Internet Dangers
  •   Serial Bank Robber Sought By FBI
  • Fugitive Wanted in Wheeling Caught in Pittsburgh
  •   Wheeling Police Officer Arraigned on DUI Charge
  • Father of Man Accused of Causing Deadly Crash is a Wanted Man
  •   Man Guilty of Sexual Battery Gets Four Years in Prison
  •   Convicted Murderer Doesn't Want His Past Made Aware to Jury in New Belmont County Trial
  •   Bellaire Murder Suspect Makes an Unusual Request for Judge
  •   Shots Fired in Clearview, Suspect in Custody
  •   Police Need Your Help Tracking Down a Motorcycle, ATV
  •   Monongalia County Delegate Arrested on DUI Charge
  • Wheeling Man Arrested For Alleged Domestic Assault with Gun
  • Two Charged With Trespassing on Raleigh County Mine Property
  • Woman Accused of Embezzling $44,000 from Moundsville BB&T
  •   W.Va. Supreme Court Refuses Appeal of Jeffrey Woods, Convicted Murderer
  • Three Men Arrested in Connection with Tuscarawas County Fire
  •   Leads On WesBanco Robbery Trickle Into FBI
  • WorkForce West Virginia Recovers Money From Fraud Claims
  • State Police Appeal Directly To Legislators For Funding
  • Interstate 70 Shutdown As Marshals Search For Suspect
  • Jarell Hurt Indicted for Murder of Ashley Blankenship of Wheeling
  •   Bridgeport Police Chief Loses His Temper with 7 News Reporter
  • DEVELOPING STORY: Two Arrested in Connection With Copper Theft
  • Former WVU Football Player Sent to Jail
  • Man Headed To Prison After Aiming Stolen Car Toward Ohio Highway Patrol Officer
  • Steubenville Police Investigating Two Armed Robberies
  •   FBI Now Involved in Counterfeit Cash Investigation
  • Attempted Murder Indictment Thrown Out Against Wheeling Island Man
  •   Bridgeport Police Chief Chad Dojack Pleads No Contest
  •   Advice To Moundsville Residents: How To React to Flasher
  •   Former Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter Gets Prison Time
  • Friend Says Surrogate Mother Suffered Effects of Break-In
  •   Children Pulled From a House of Filth
  •   Search Continues for Suspects in Arkansas Salvation Army Major Murder
  • Expert Offers Holiday Home Security Tips
  •   Man Holds Up Belmont County Gas Station
  • Charges Filed in Fatal Lawn Tractor Accident
  • Gunman Arrested After Post Office Hostage Situation in Virginia
  • Naked Man Sought In Moundsville Incident
  • Father Accused of Beating Son With Wooden Plank
  •   Two Police Weapons Recovered After Extensive Search
  • Logan, Danville, Near Top of Property Crimes List
  •   High-Speed Chase Keeps Several Belmont County Agencies Busy
  • Police Chief Involved in Surrogate Scandal Could Plea
  • Jack Jones Found Guilty on all 14 Counts
  •   Friends Remember Man Killed During Domestic Dispute
  •   Ohio County Prosecutor Removes Himself From James Sirbaugh Case
  • Day Two of Jack Jones’ Second Trial Begins in Ohio County
  • Sex Offender Who Broke Probation Gets Sentenced
  •   Alternatives to Jail Paying Off in Preston County
  •   Alleged Stabbing in Wheeling Could be 'Family Dispute'
  •   West Virginia Joins Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
  •   Putnam Deputies Arrest Ohio Man for Sex With 15-Year-old Girl
  •   Suspects Arrested in Cambridge Bank Robbery
  •   Indiana Man Accused of Sex With Minor Returns to Belmont County
  • Ohio Valley Officers Will Attend Fallen Officer Funeral in Pittsburgh
  •   Drug Ring Uncovered in Harrison County
  • Richard Martin Turns Himself in on Sexual Assault Charge
  • Stephen Myers Allegedly Linked to Crime in Ohio with DNA
  •   Man Accused Of Stabbing Brother During Dog Fight
  • Police Officer Shot, Killed in Pittsburgh Suburb
  • Drug Bust Leads to Six Arrests in Harrison County
  •   12-Year-Old Boy Brutally Beaten
  • Duo Behind Bars for Assault, Kidnapping Hospitalized
  • Belmont County Sheriff Urges Residents to Lock their Vehicles
  •   Marshall Deputy Sues Wendy's and Three Former Employees
  • Hunter Arrested After Photo of Trophy Buck Appears in Newspaper
  • Follansbee Man Arrested for Ball Bat Beating
  •   Armed Robbers Invade Wheeling Island Home
  •   Wheeling Police Mourn Slain Washington Officers
  • State Police Exhibit Celebrates 90 Years of Service
  •   Fight Outside Bar Leaves Two Men Hospitalized
  • Police Investigate Stabbing In St. Clairsville
  •   Woman Pleads to Stealing Money, Jewelry From Ohio County Home
  • Tennant: Holiday Scams can be Avoided by Research, Common Sense
  • Jury Finds Police Chief Guilty on Three Charges
  •   Jury to Resume Deliberations Monday in Chief Barry Carpenter Case
  • Belmont County Man Waives Extradition To Ohio to Face Robbery Charges
  •   BCI Says Chief Used Home Computer To Access Surrogate's Personal Infromation
  •   Assault Rifle Policy Changes for Wheeling Police Officers
  •   Day Three of Carpenter Trial Begins
  •   DEVELOPING STORY: Surrogate Case: Martins Ferry Police Chief to Stand Trial
  •   Bomb Squad Explodes Suspicious Package
  • U.S. Marshals Search for Fugitive Joe Gashchler
  • Jarell Hurt Will Face Grand Jury on Murder Charge
  • Wheeling Man Sentenced on Gun Charge
  • Shadyside Man Wanted for Stabbing in Wheeling Arrested
  •   Man Accused of Breaking Into Teen's Home, Raping Her, Found Not Guilty
  •   Police: Wheeling Officer's Assault Weapon Stolen, on Streets
  •   No Death Penalty For Terrell Yarbrough
  •   Gunshots Fired Near WVU Campus Overnight
  • High-Speed Chase Ends With Suspect Escaping On Foot
  •   WVU's Scooter Berry Suspended Indefinitely After Arrest
  • Second Murder Trial Opens Wounds for Victim's Mother
  •   Authorities Finish Mapping Childers Family Farm
  • WVU Point Guard Reinstated
  • Stabbing in Hildar District, Wheeling
  •   Ohio County Man Faces 133 Charges
  •   Guilty of Attempted Murder for Ohio County Man
  •   Large Sum of Money Robbed from Belmont Home
  •   Man Allegedly Assaults Two, Including His Mother
  •   Brookins Gets Maximum Sentence
  • Weirton Police Pull Off Drug Raid
  • UPDATE: WVU Football Player Arrested, Suspended
  •   WTRF Unveils Crime Fighters Tip Line
  • FBI Agent Killed During Drug Bust

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