WHEELING The West Virginia Medical Examiners Office has identified the man found dead last week in a South Wheeling home that was being demolished as 42-year-old Scott Allen Norman of Wheeling. A cause and manner of death has not yet been determined. The home is located in the 4200 block of Jacob Street. Members […]
WHEELING – Crews demolishing a vacant dilapidated house Tuesday in South Wheeling discovered a body while heavy equipment was being used to raze the structure. Members of the Wheeling Police Department, the West Virginia State Police and other city agencies responded to the structure at 4214 Jacob St. just after noon Tuesday when a call […]
eayres@theintelligencer.net Wheeling Police Lt. Josh Sanders and Chief Shawn Schwertfeger, from left, pay tribute to the nine fallen members of the Wheeling Police Department who â over the course of more than a century of the department’s history â gave their lives in the line of duty. (Photo by Eric Ayres) A wreath in memory of the police officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice was displayed Monday at WesBanco Arena, where descendants and relatives of fallen Wheeling Police officers joined the members of the public and local law enforcement community in their honor. (Photo by Eric Ayres) Members of the Wheeling Police Department Honor Guard prepare to fire a 21-gun salute outside WesBanco Arena near Heritage Port on Monday during the eighth annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony. (Photo by Eric Ayres)
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Wheeling Police Department officers participate in a past Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony at Heritage Port. The event returns Monday after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHEELING The public is invited to help the Wheeling Police Department kick off National Police Week during its eighth annual Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony.
The event recognizing the efforts and the sacrifices of the men and women in blue will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Monday at Wheeling Heritage Port. In the event of rain, the ceremony will relocate to WesBanco Arena.
During the ceremony, members of the Wheeling Police Department will honor and remember local, regional and national law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty while serving their community.