http://www.wtrf.com/ en-us Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WTRF Homepage 15 home http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635347/four-accused-of-using-scrap-metal-money-to-buy-heroin http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635347/four-accused-of-using-scrap-metal-money-to-buy-heroin?t=2013-06-19T17:43:44Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:00 EDT Four people have been arrested for allegedly stealing copper from Weirton Steel and then selling the material at a scrap yard; after which, they used the money to buy heroin in Steubenville. Business http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634432/man-wanted-on-drug-charges-arrested-in-wheeling http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634432/man-wanted-on-drug-charges-arrested-in-wheeling?t=2013-06-19T15:56:09Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:56:00 EDT 37-year-old James Ferguson of Wheeling is behind bars as of Wednesday afternoon. He was wanted on a federal bond violation on drug charges. Auto - Consumer http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632409/serena-williams-under-fire-for-comments-on-steubenville-rape-rolling-stone-cbs-victim-teens http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632409/serena-williams-under-fire-for-comments-on-steubenville-rape-rolling-stone-cbs-victim-teens?t=2013-06-19T15:58:57Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:00 EDT Tennis great Serena Williams is under fire for comments she made on the Steubenville rape. CSMonitor http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633186/no-accidents-in-martins-ferry-since-signal-change http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633186/no-accidents-in-martins-ferry-since-signal-change?t=2013-06-19T15:59:24Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:59:00 EDT For almost 20 years, Martins Ferry officials have asked the Ohio Department of Transportation to change the traffic light at Hanover Street and Route 7, a scene of many accidents. Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633558/alaska-fugitive-arrested-in-toronto-ohio http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633558/alaska-fugitive-arrested-in-toronto-ohio?t=2013-06-19T16:03:03Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:03:00 EDT Troy Tysdal is wanted for three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Authorities in Alaska tipped off the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force that Tysdal might be located in our area. Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22486438/marshall-county-man-accused-of-making-death-threats-against-president http://www.wtrf.com/story/22486438/marshall-county-man-accused-of-making-death-threats-against-president?t=2013-06-19T16:04:09Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:04:00 EDT Ryan Kirker, 20, of McMechen, has been charged  by an Elkins Grand Jury with the felony offense of "threats against the president." Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632935/mayors-say-no-soda-for-those-on-food-vouchers http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632935/mayors-say-no-soda-for-those-on-food-vouchers?t=2013-06-19T16:06:37Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:06:00 EDT The mayors of Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. CSMonitor http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632687/bridgeport-home-in-which-three-children-were-killled-in-fire-is-demolished http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632687/bridgeport-home-in-which-three-children-were-killled-in-fire-is-demolished?t=2013-06-19T16:07:09Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:07:00 EDT Workers are cleaning up the remains of a devastating fire three months ago that claimed the lives of three children and severely injured their parents in Bridgeport this week. Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633028/13-year-old-drunk-driver-police-on-car-chase http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633028/13-year-old-drunk-driver-police-on-car-chase?t=2013-06-19T16:08:02Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:08:00 EDT Police were led on a wild chase through an Iowa town that ended with the suspect crashing into a tree. The real surprise police say, was found behind the wheel.The suspect is a 13-year-old boy who police Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22627008/ohio-valleys-most-wanted-larry-nassar-cheak http://www.wtrf.com/story/22627008/ohio-valleys-most-wanted-larry-nassar-cheak?t=2013-06-19T11:52:49Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52:00 EDT Larry Nassar Cheak, 30, is wanted by the Wheeling Police Department on charges of malicious wounding, burglary and stalking. Police advise Cheak has violent tendencies, may be armed and is considered dangerous. Lauttamus Crime Fighters Tip Line at 1-800-223-0312 Colin Lawler News http://www.wtrf.com/story/22638059/large-yacht-on-truck-blocks-central-ohio-highway http://www.wtrf.com/story/22638059/large-yacht-on-truck-blocks-central-ohio-highway?t=2013-06-19T19:28:06Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:27:00 EDT A large yacht has caused a traffic commotion on land, blocking part of a central Ohio highway during the evening rush hour. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636895/cat-with-litter-now-nursing-pit-bull-puppy-in-ohio http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636895/cat-with-litter-now-nursing-pit-bull-puppy-in-ohio?t=2013-06-19T17:31:27Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:00 EDT A cat caring for four newborn kittens now is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637903/ap-photos-astrodome-jfk-terminal-endangered http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637903/ap-photos-astrodome-jfk-terminal-endangered?t=2013-06-19T19:07:41Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:07:00 EDT Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637720/authorities-oh-woman-buried-mother-cashed-checks http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637720/authorities-oh-woman-buried-mother-cashed-checks?t=2013-06-19T18:47:32Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:00 EDT Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22628402/navy-holds-hearing-in-va-on-deaths-of-divers-in-md http://www.wtrf.com/story/22628402/navy-holds-hearing-in-va-on-deaths-of-divers-in-md?t=2013-06-19T02:07:17Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:06:00 EDT Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636347/federal-judge-dismisses-suit-over-oh-ballot-issue http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636347/federal-judge-dismisses-suit-over-oh-ballot-issue?t=2013-06-19T16:39:29Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:00 EDT A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Ohio's elections chief over a sidelined 2012 ballot issue. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637009/ex-chief-of-cleveland-va-medical-center-indicted http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637009/ex-chief-of-cleveland-va-medical-center-indicted?t=2013-06-19T17:43:42Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:00 EDT A former director of the Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland is accused of accepting bribes and has been indicted on federal charges in a long-running county corruption investigation. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14877986 http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14877986&t=2013-06-19T19:35:01Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:00 EDT Court records show a mentally disabled Ohio woman who authorities say was enslaved for two years with her daughter recently spent time in jail after pleading guilty to beating the girl. Three people face federal charges for... News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636424/critic-of-ohio-governors-school-plan-steps-down http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636424/critic-of-ohio-governors-school-plan-steps-down?t=2013-06-19T16:47:24Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:47:00 EDT A critic of Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) school funding plan is resigning as superintendent of a southwest Ohio school district. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636028/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636028/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled?t=2013-06-19T16:19:25Z APOH Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:00 EDT An important study on possible health impacts of natural gas drilling is still looking for additional funding. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22587338/14-year-old-at-the-center-of-nra-t-shirt-controversy-now-facing-possibility-of-1-year-in-jail http://www.wtrf.com/story/22587338/14-year-old-at-the-center-of-nra-t-shirt-controversy-now-facing-possibility-of-1-year-in-jail?t=2013-06-14T10:12:28Z WOWK Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:12:00 EDT A $500 fine and up to a year in jail, that's the penalty that 14-year-old Jared Marcum, who was arrested after refusing to change his NRA shirt, could face, now that a judge has allowed the prosecution to move forward with it's obstructing an officer charge against him. Charlo Greene Most Popular http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632025/ohio-woman-80-kidnapped-and-put-in-car-trunk http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632025/ohio-woman-80-kidnapped-and-put-in-car-trunk?t=2013-06-19T11:53:14Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:53:00 EDT CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities in Cleveland say an 80-year-old woman was kidnapped, bound and locked in a car trunk by suspects after a home-invasion robbery. Police said they found the woman later in Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632556/wheeling-eliminates-bo-tax http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632556/wheeling-eliminates-bo-tax?t=2013-06-19T11:51:44Z WTRF Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:00 EDT City Council officials voted to eliminate the B&O tax, which many have attributed as a factor to businesses leaving the city. Chat http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636552/2-lawsuits-filed-over-runoff-from-reclaimed-mines http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636552/2-lawsuits-filed-over-runoff-from-reclaimed-mines?t=2013-06-19T16:59:44Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:00 EDT Environmentalists are going after the owners of two more former mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia, hoping to hold them responsible for water pollution from the sites. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635925/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635925/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled?t=2013-06-19T16:11:42Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:00 EDT An important study on possible health impacts of natural gas drilling is still looking for additional funding. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635889/wva-ids-schools-with-biggest-learning-gaps http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635889/wva-ids-schools-with-biggest-learning-gaps?t=2013-06-19T16:09:47Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:07:00 EDT The West Virginia Board of Education has identified nearly 100 schools across the state that will get additional support to close learning gaps. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14880135 http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14880135&t=2013-06-19T19:35:13Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:03:00 EDT A 20-year-old Marshall County man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family. Ryan Kirker could face as many as five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.... News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634071/wva-man-indicted-on-charges-of-threatening-obama http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634071/wva-man-indicted-on-charges-of-threatening-obama?t=2013-06-19T13:04:52Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:00 EDT A Marshall County man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial slurs. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633655/mother-of-missing-wva-girl-arrested-in-wheeling http://www.wtrf.com/story/22633655/mother-of-missing-wva-girl-arrested-in-wheeling?t=2013-06-19T12:25:07Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:00 EDT The mother of a missing West Virginia girl is in the Northern Regional Jail after violating the terms of her supervised release. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632648/2-wva-capitol-streets-to-close-for-celebration http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632648/2-wva-capitol-streets-to-close-for-celebration?t=2013-06-19T11:00:05Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:00 EDT Two streets around the West Virginia Capitol Complex are being closed for the state's sesquicentennial celebration. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632168/wva-fugitive-caught-in-fla-faces-new-charge http://www.wtrf.com/story/22632168/wva-fugitive-caught-in-fla-faces-new-charge?t=2013-06-19T10:19:34Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:19:00 EDT A West Virginia fugitive captured in Florida is facing a new charge. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22631870/wva-horse-rescued-after-getting-stuck-in-tire http://www.wtrf.com/story/22631870/wva-horse-rescued-after-getting-stuck-in-tire?t=2013-06-19T09:47:36Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:00 EDT Belington police, firefighters and residents pitched in to rescue a horse after it got stuck inside a large tire. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22630000/wva-to-increase-work-zone-safety-enforcement http://www.wtrf.com/story/22630000/wva-to-increase-work-zone-safety-enforcement?t=2013-06-19T06:58:02Z APWV Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:55:00 EDT West Virginia is increasing enforcement of traffic laws in highway work zones in an effort to improve safety. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22638448/cops-driver-in-pa-triple-fatal-made-illegal-pass http://www.wtrf.com/story/22638448/cops-driver-in-pa-triple-fatal-made-illegal-pass?t=2013-06-19T20:35:52Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:35:00 EDT Police in Allentown say a driver who was killed along with his two passengers was making an illegal pass at high speed when he lost control. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636352/villanova-locked-down-due-to-robbery-suspect http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636352/villanova-locked-down-due-to-robbery-suspect?t=2013-06-19T16:39:52Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:00 EDT A Villanova University spokesman says the school has been locked down as police search for an armed robbery suspect near campus. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637761/police-w-pa-woman-runs-over-rival http://www.wtrf.com/story/22637761/police-w-pa-woman-runs-over-rival?t=2013-06-19T18:52:01Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:51:00 EDT A western Pennsylvania woman has been arrested after she allegedly ran over her boyfriend's other girlfriend. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634133/gehry-refines-design-for-eisenhower-memorial-in-dc http://www.wtrf.com/story/22634133/gehry-refines-design-for-eisenhower-memorial-in-dc?t=2013-06-19T13:11:24Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:00 EDT Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636803/mother-of-lung-transplant-girl-gives-update http://www.wtrf.com/story/22636803/mother-of-lung-transplant-girl-gives-update?t=2013-06-19T17:23:55Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:00 EDT The mother of a 10-year-old girl who received a lung transplant says her daughter is improving. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635058/cops-pa-woman-daughters-starved-disabled-kin http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635058/cops-pa-woman-daughters-starved-disabled-kin?t=2013-06-19T14:47:42Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:00 EDT A northeastern Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters have been charged with starving their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, to death. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14879981 http://www.wtrf.com/Global/story.asp?S=14879981&t=2013-06-19T19:35:01Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:31:00 EDT A panel of Pennsylvania judges is considering whether to grant a request by the NCAA and throw out a lawsuit filed by a state senator and the state treasurer over the fine imposed on Penn State for its handling of the Jerry... News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635923/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635923/funding-for-key-gas-drilling-health-study-stalled?t=2013-06-19T16:11:37Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:00 EDT An important study on possible health impacts of natural gas drilling is still looking for additional funding. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635749/corbett-signals-hell-try-to-help-philly-schools http://www.wtrf.com/story/22635749/corbett-signals-hell-try-to-help-philly-schools?t=2013-06-19T15:51:40Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:51:00 EDT Gov. Tom Corbett is signaling that he's engaged in efforts to help the financially troubled Philadelphia School District, which is in the midst of shedding 20 percent of its workforce. News - AP-State http://www.wtrf.com/story/22630867/pa-doc-faces-trial-in-former-partners-shooting http://www.wtrf.com/story/22630867/pa-doc-faces-trial-in-former-partners-shooting?t=2013-06-19T08:19:08Z APPA Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:19:00 EDT A suburban Philadelphia pediatrician has been held for trial on charges she fatally shot her former domestic partner and narrowly missed their 11-year-old son. News - AP-State