W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuthorities are searching for the cause of a fire that tore through a row of houses on Wheeling Island.
Wheeling Fire Department spokesman Philip Stahl told media outlets no one was injured in the fire that was reported at 12:09 a.m. Monday when a resident heard a smoke alarm going off. As many as 50 firefighters battled the fire for more than three hours.
Stahl said six houses were damaged or destroyed. Many of the houses along the street were vacant. Two families were displaced and many surrounding homes were evacuated.
Stahl said it’s the city’s largest fire since 2011.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.