Poor communication clouds TANF funding debate
The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a master class in how not to communicate. Let's start with May, when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: An influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID dollars dried ...
Pugliese grant funding helping move Grand Theatre restoration forward
STEUBENVILLE — Scott Dressel has come to see change as his friend. Sixteen years into his all-consuming crusade to see Steubenville’s historic Grand Theatre restored, Dressel figures every time he can scratch an item off the to-do list it gets his devoted corps of volunteers, the ...
Academy Sports + Outdoors Celebrates Grand Opening
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Customers didn’t let the rain deter them from Academy Sports + Outdoors' grand opening on Friday morning. At 7:45 a.m. customers lined the sidewalk to get their first look at the Ohio Valley Mall’s newest store. As the first 150 customers walked into the store they ...
A Wish Worth Sharing: Local Child Part Of MrBeast Philanthropy Project
STEUBENVILLE — A Jefferson County child’s battle with a rare illness has become part of a story reaching millions of viewers around the world, bringing attention to the power of hope, support and the impact of a simple wish. Four-year-old Neiko Boni was among 100 children selected to have ...
Pat Clutter Memorial Golf Scramble Raises Money For Scholarships
Jonathan Nixon, a member of the Pat Clutter Memorial Scholarship board of directors, knows very well what that scholarship means to the students who earn them. He was the first recipient. The scholarship given in memory of the late Pat Clutter -- a former WTRF news director and Wheeling Park ...