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False Burglar Alarms in Wheeling Will Result in Fines

Beginning next year, burglar alarm owners in Wheeling will face fines when their devices send police false alerts.

A new false alarm ordinance also requires residences and businesses with burglar alarms to register with the city.

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reports that City Council approved the ordinance on Tuesday. The measure is to go into effect on January 1, 2016, but could be delayed.

Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger said the city has to find a company that has the equipment to track false alarms for the police department.

Schwertfeger said the police department plans a campaign to educate the public about the ordinance.

Wheeling to Boost Backup Water System, Drill Two More Wells

The city of Wheeling plans to boost its backup well water system’s capacity by drilling two additional wells.

City manager Robert Herron says the new wells will allow the system to pump an additional 1 million gallons of water per day. The system’s existing five wells can pump about 4 million gallons per day.

Herron tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the new wells were planned before a blue-green algae bloom prompted the city’s water treatment plant to close its Ohio River intakes for several days in August.

He says the intakes’ closure didn’t interrupt service to water customers.

Murray Energy Expanding Coal Prep Plant in Benwood

Murray Energy is expanding its coal preparation plant in Benwood.

Construction of a new coal processing facility is underway at the Ohio County Coal Co. prep plant.

Murray spokesman Gary Broadbent tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the $45 million project will increase the plant’s coal processing capacity by 38 percent.

The project is expected to be completed by late spring.

The prep plant employs 66 workers. Ohio County Coal’s Ohio County Mine employs 733 workers.

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