An underwater drone was donated to the Ohio County EMA on Wednesday, marking the first of its kind in the region.The state-of ...

The Ohio County Emergency Management Agency has a new water rescue tool in its arsenal thanks to the donation of an underwater-capable drone from WVU Medicine Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial hospitals.

Ohio County EMA Director Lou Vargo says Fairmont Ave, Middle Creek and Edgington Ln were closed due to water. US 40 near ...

Members of the Wheeling Police Department, the Ohio County Sheriff’s office, Wheeling Fire, and Ohio County EMA Director Lou Vargo have been working around the clock over the past 48 hours.

Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo confirms to 7NEWS that a woman’s body was discovered Tuesday evening in the Ohio River, on the Ohio side of the ...

Ohio County Emergency Management Director Lou Vargo, left, discusses flood recovery progress Monday. With him is Wheeling Fire Chief Jim Blazier. (Photo by Eric Ayres) WHEELING — Officials on ...

Lou Vargo, director of the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency, indicated search teams had actually been looking for a female and the male found had not been reported as missing.

DALLAS PIKE, W.Va. — Wheeling-Ohio County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo says there is no threat to the environment following an explosion at a truck ...

Ohio County EMA Director Lou Vargo was among those recognized Tuesday by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice ... Vargo was honored with the Leadership Award for his more than 30 years of experience in ...

Ohio County Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Lou Vargo said the explosion happened in a storage tank as crews were winding down the drilling process on the site.

The rainstorms began around 8 p.m. Saturday and hit Wheeling and Ohio County, which is roughly 50 miles west of Pittsburgh. Vargo said the National Weather Service reported that between 2 1/2 to 4 ...

About 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes across Ohio County, in the state’s northern panhandle west of Pennsylvania, according to county emergency management director Lou Vargo.