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Weirton Looks To Nature For Earth Day Event

WEIRTON – Weirton city officials, with support from others in the community, provided an opportunity for area residents to put some more green into their neighborhoods Saturday. The City of Weirton, with support from FirstEnergy, the Brooke-Hancock Family Resource Network, and others, ...

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Monday, April 27 BASEBALL OVAC Semifinals, TBA Steubenville Catholic at Buckeye Local Oak Glen at Brooke, 5:15 p.m. SOFTBALL Union Local at Buckeye Local Brooke at Wheeling Park, 5:30 p.m. TENNIS OVAC Girls Doubles at John Marshall, 8:30 a.m. TRACK OVAC Cal Pokas Qualifying at St. Clairsville, 2:30 p.m.

Ohio Supreme Court Favors Tenants In Energy Ruling

Ohio Democrats are celebrating a decision from the Ohio Supreme Court they say protects renters from unfair energy pricing practices. The unanimous decision classifies submetering companies as utilities, meaning they are now subject to the same state regulations as traditional utility companies under the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, or PUCO. The ruling affirms a bipartisan bill, HB 265, in the House which would close the loophole that allowed submetering companies to operate outside the bounds of utility regulations. The ruling effectively accomplishes the mission of the ...

U.S. Supreme Court Likely To Decide Legality Of Homemade Whiskey

For a Central Ohio man hoping to continue making whiskey at home one thing now seems certain – the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the case. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, a separate appeals court, the Sixth Circuit, issued an opposite decision, upholding the 150-year old federal law. John Ream, a distiller from Newark, is a plaintiff in that case. He is represented by a nonprofit Ohio-based group, The Buckeye Institute, the organization’s spokeswoman, Lisa Gates, told ...