FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Marion County Sheriff Joe Carpenter and his deputies now have another tool to use to protect the citizens of Marion County. Carpenter said the department recently purchased an armored vehicle. He said they have wanted to purchase the vehicle for years now and finally collected the money[Read More…]
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WVU student loses more than $1,000 in phone scam
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University international student from China was recently tricked into wiring between $1,000 and $1,800 to a person she thought was from the FBI, police said. That person told her she owed the FBI money and that she had to pay it immediately. “An agent[Read More…]
WVU freshman class 55 percent out-of-state
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The most recent incoming class of West Virginia University freshmen has a higher percentage of out-of-state students than the past four years, according to unofficial numbers from the Registrar’s Office. The class of 2019 is made up of 55.2 percent out-of-state students and 47.2 percent in-state students.[Read More…]
Parkersburg festival creates buzz about honeybees
PARKERSBURG — Visitors to the 35th Annual West Virginia State Honey Festival received a better understanding of the impact honeybees make within agriculture and what goes into honey production. The festival wrapped up Sunday with an estimated 4,000 visitors for the weekend, organizers said. The honey festival featured a variety[Read More…]
Charles Town inventor thwarts tree-seeking dogs
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Jonathan Stewart still vividly recalls how much work – and money – it took to landscape his family home, especially since young trees require digging a large hole for the root ball, and even then there’s no guarantee they will grow. But that’s not the end[Read More…]
Housing options on the rise in Wheeling
WHEELING, W.Va. — By fall, there should be at least 60 new apartment units in Wheeling ready to welcome tenants, with the potential for at least twice that many more on the way over the next couple of years – and not a moment too soon, if you ask Mayor[Read More…]
The Intelligencer firm in service
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — We at The Intelligencer are well aware of our newspaper’s rich, deep heritage. We understand it has contributed much to our communities, our states, even the nation since the paper was established on Aug. 24, 1852. Today, we celebrate our 163rd[Read More…]
FirstEnergy rate request worries consumer advocates
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — FirstEnergy’s proposed $165 million rate increase — filed Aug. 14 with the state Public Service Commission — has the state’s consumer advocates concerned. The requested rate increase comes after a series of high-profile cases involving FirstEnergy over the past few years — including the controversial 2013 transfer[Read More…]
What’s patriotic or peaceful about disrupting another’s right to speak?
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Every individual and group in this country has the right to speak out for or against an issue that is important to them. It’s a right articulated in the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The beliefs of the Founding[Read More…]
WVU journalism prof writes book about pill mills
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia University professor tells the story of a convicted Floridian felon and his twin brother who ran pill mills that started hundreds of pain clinics in his forthcoming book, “American Pain.” John Temple, an associate professor at the WVU Reed College of Media, details how[Read More…]
