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St. Clairsville City Employee Pay Raise Dispute Delays Budget Approval

The St. Clairsville City Council did not approve the city’s 2024 budget due to a disagreement regarding a pay increase for city staff. A special meeting will be held Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. where council members will decide whether they approve the budget before the deadline of April ...

Curb Cut Program Debated at Weirton Budget Work Session

Weirton City Council met in its third work session Monday as part of officials’ efforts to craft the city’s general fund budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Estimates for the fiscal year budget, which begins July 1, features a budget of $25,192,094, which includes $21,692.094 in ...

Wheeling Area Genealogical Society Board Votes To Disband After 54 Years

Citing declining interest, the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society’s board has voted to disband. The nonprofit organization for the last 54 years had been devoted to researching, recording and preserving local family history. The society’s final act was presenting the Ohio County Public ...

Rise Against Hunger, Local Rotaries Feed Thousands

A group of volunteers came together Saturday in Glen Dale, and learned that dozens of people working less than three hours can feed tens of thousands of people. A trio of local Rotary clubs – Wheeling, Moundsville and New Martinsville – came together for the third straight year, inviting ...

Man Rebuilding Parents’ Toronto Home After Devastating Fire

Luke Dougherty spends as much time as he can constructing his parents’ new home, after their previous dwelling in Toronto was destroyed last year in a fire. One of eight children to Shawn and Beth Dougherty, Luke is aided by some of his siblings and his own children in the effort, which ...

JMHS Grad Will Speak About Marshall County’s Impact on U.S. History

A John Marshall High School graduate and former state archivist and historian will offer a look tonight at how Marshall County has made a major impact on American history. Joe Geiger will be the guest speaker at the Marshall County Historical Society’s annual banquet tonight at 6 p.m. at ...