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Traffic Reminder Issued Before Weirton Independence Day Events

WEIRTON – As part of the festivities for the Independence Day holiday, portions of Main Street in Weirton will be closed to traffic from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. Vehicles will not be allowed to travel between Cove Road and Marland Heights Road, with motorists traveling south detoured onto Cove Road and U.S. 22, and northbound traffic sent onto Marland Heights Road and then West Street, where they will travel to the Lee Avenue intersection and back onto Main Street. Those driving west on Cove Road will turn north onto Main Street, with those seeking to go south then required to ...

Motel Owner Asks Belmont County Commission For Help With US 40 Weeds

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Lansing-area business owner asked the Belmont County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday to help address overgrown weeds along U.S. 40, saying the vegetation has become so thick in some areas that pedestrians can no longer use the sidewalks. Bruce Callarik, owner of the ...

Jefferson County gets $45K for brownfield development

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County will share in $15.5 million in Ohio Department of Development grants that will help communities clean up contaminated properties and prepare them for redevelopment. "We're excited about the grant money," Robert Naylor, executive director of the Jefferson ...

Marshall County SRT Makes Felony Arrest In ATV Theft Case

MOUNDSVILLE — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team executed a felony arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of stealing an ATV. Sheriff Mike Dougherty said deputies arrested Tristen E. Weyrick at his residence on Harts Run Road in Marshall County on June ...

Stealey Community Fund Donates $451K To Tyler County Projects

Tyler County community projects were the recipient of a total of more than $451,000 on Tuesday, as the Stealey Community Fund, administered through the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, bolstered 16 projects throughout the county, with a special emphasis on Middlebourne. This year's ...