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Blessed To Serve: Weirton Unveils New Fire Engine

WEIRTON – The Weirton Fire Department has a new piece of firefighting apparatus to help protect the community. The department recently unveiled its new truck, Engine 1, and Wednesday morning the truck and its assigned crews received a blessing from the Rev. Binu Sebastian, pastor of St. ...

Grave Creek Botanical Celebrates One Year In Business

MOUNDSVILLE — A new shop in the historic Jefferson Avenue Business District is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Grave Creek Botanical marked the occasion this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce. Leslie Whorton, owner of Grave Creek ...

Belmont County gets one bid for DJFS family team meeting facilitator

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Commissioners opened the lone bid for the county's Job and Family Services department's family team meeting facilitator on Wednesday morning. Kendall Behavioral Solutions based out of Martins Ferry placed a bid of $200 per meeting for its services. The ...

Cemetery Site Review Awaits State Approval In Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — The archaeological consultant hired to determine whether remains buried at a Sunset Boulevard property that once housed a Catholic cemetery more than 140 years ago is awaiting state approval before beginning on-site work. Councilman Tracy McManamon told council the consultant, ASC Group, has finished evaluating nearly all of the dirt hauled off-site before crews spotted pieces of grave markers in the field. “I understand there were quite a few (truckloads), but they’ve been over there probably a month now, going through that dirt,” he said. “They’ve been ...

History Of Wheeling Class Plans Bus Tour

The History of Wheeling class taught by Wheeling Park High School social studies teacher Ryan Stanton is hitting the road -- literally. The class has scheduled a bus tour around the Friendly City scheduled for 10 a.m. Aug. 1, starting from Wheeling Park's White Palace and traveling to ...