The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

Tunnel Grating Collapse Foretold

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:06:33 EDT

WHEELING - Thursday's collapse of a drainage grate outside the Wheeling Tunnel's eastbound entrance should have come as no surprise to West Virginia Division of Highways officials, as they were alerted to concerns with the grate's size and strength nearly a year ago.

Teacher Fund Target Of Suit

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:43:05 EDT

MOUNDSVILLE - A former West Virginia delegate and the Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. are named as defendants in lawsuit filed by members of the Teachers' Defined Contribution Plan.

Pa. Talks Casino Gambling

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:43:55 EDT

WHEELING - Two Northern Panhandle racetracks have been rolling dice and spinning roulette wheels since December, and now some legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing to add table gambling to that state's casinos.

Two Are Accused In Fatal Crashes

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:44:56 EDT

A 22-year-old St. Clairsville woman pleaded innocent to vehicular homicide this week, while a 22-year-old Wheeling man was indicted for his part in an unrelated, deadly crash.

? Amanda Josephine Hudock, who allegedly was driving a vehicle that struck and killed a 23-year-old St. Clairsville resident last month, was arraigned Thursday before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer L.

WVU Faculty Demands Ouster

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:18:17 EDT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.

The nonbinding resolution, approved 565-39 with 11 abstentions, came during a rare special meeting open to all faculty.