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Chili Cook-Off Showdown Returns to RegattaFest

NEW MARTINSVILLE – RegattaFest is bringing back one of the area’s favorite competitions – the Chili Cook-Off, now known as the Showdown. Do you have the best chili in the area? Here is your opportunity to show your skills and win the top chili honors, plus a certificate, prizes and of course, bragging rights. Sunday afternoon, Sept. 27, promises to be a fun, flavorful day you won’t want to miss. The showdown is open to everyone, the rules are simple, and the entry fee is nominal. Open to individuals, non-profit groups, and businesses, the entry fee is $15 per pot of ...

Community Yard Sale Coming to Highlands Sports Complex

TRIADELPHIA – The Highlands Sports Complex is inviting the Ohio Valley community to shop local and discover unique treasures during The Great HSC Community Yard & Vendor Sale, taking place Aug. 22-23 at the Highlands Sports Complex in Triadelphia. The indoor event will feature a variety of local sellers, small businesses, crafters, vendors and community members offering everything from household items and collectibles to handmade goods and specialty products. Vendor spaces are still available for individuals and businesses interested in participating. The sale will be held at ...

Library’s Next Program Features Local Author

WHEELING – The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will feature “tHe (A Novel) with author David Weimer. The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the library in downtown Wheeling. Looking through the wrong end of a telescope, the reader sees an eye looking up. An orphan raised in the Michigan foster care system fulfills his childhood desire of melting into the ocean of human companionship — sailing into a future of family, loss and love. A reader will accompany the narrator of “tHe” through the ripples, layers and echoes of a ...

OES Chapter to Hold Regular Meeting

WHEELING – Miriam Chapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Shrine Center, Monument Place, Elm Grove. School of Instruction will be held, and annual reports will be given. August birthdays will be celebrated. Members are asked to bring their choice of ramen noodles, fruit cups, pudding cups or Jello cups for the backpack project. Refreshments will be served by Mary Frohme following the meeting. Patty Vermillion, Worthy Matron, and Jim Shannon, Worthy Patron, will preside.

Lebanese Festival Returns to Oglebay Park on Sunday

WHEELING – The table is set for the 93rd annual Lebanese Festival, which returns to Oglebay Park this Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Levenson Shelter. Hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church of Wheeling, the festival is open to the public and features live music, inflatable ...