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Red Cross Declares National Blood Crisis, Urges Immediate Donations

The American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis for only the second time in its history, warning that a sharp decline in donations has left the nation's blood supply at critically low levels. The organization said blood donations have fallen to a four-year summer low, creating an urgent need for donors as hospitals continue to rely on lifesaving transfusions. All blood types are needed, but officials said the shortage is especially severe for type O blood. According to the Red Cross, its supply of O-positive blood has dropped below a one-day supply, forcing the organization ...

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Bridgeport woman arrested after domestic violence investigation Wheeling Police have arrested one person on multiple felony charges stemming from a domestic violence and malicious assault investigation, according to a department release. Just after midnight on Sunday, July 26, officers responded to the intersection of Virginia and South Huron streets on Wheeling Island after receiving a report that a man riding a bicycle had been struck by a vehicle. The victim was transported to Wheeling Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver, identified as ...

Weirton Celebrates Disability Independence Day

WEIRTON – It was a celebration of similarities and difference, and all the ways they can bring people together Saturday, as Weirton held its third-annual Disability Independence Celebration. Area residents gathered at the Weirton Event Center for an afternoon of games, live entertainment, ...

New Ohio Valley Health Center Director Wants To Grow Organization’s Reach

STEUBENVILLE — There's a sign that hangs on the wall of the executive director's office at the Ohio Valley Health Center that sums up the work the nonprofit does. It reads, "Where It's Free to be Healthy," and that phrase is just one of the reasons Alisa DelGuzzo decided the position was ...

Moundsville Sailor Jacob Mason Supports U.S. Navy Fighter Jet Mission

LEMOORE, Calif. — Every sailor's story of naval service is unique. For Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Mason, that story has ties to Moundsville, where the skills and values he learned are the foundation of his success in the Navy. "I grew up in a very small town and learned early the value ...

Buried history: Search for answers continues at old Steubenville cemetery

STEUBENVILLE — Growing up, Maureen Gillespie Lovell recalls hearing how her great-aunt, Mary Ann Duffy, died in the mid-1870s. “My grandfather always said when she was about 3 years old she drowned in a rain barrel on the side of the house and was buried in ‘Leicy’s field,’ that’s ...