Community Briefs

July 21, 2026

Water line repair planned WEIRTON — Crews from the Weirton Area Water Board will be working on a water line on Riverview Drive, beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Once work is completed, a boil order will be issued for Riverview Drive, Elwood Avenue and any other water customers in the area experiencing low or no water pressure. City school board to meet STEUBENVILLE — The Steubenville City Board of Education will hold its regular July meeting at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The meeting will be held at the administrative offices, 611 N. Fourth St. Area man dies in motorcycle ...

Adena Heritage Days names queen, grand marshal

July 21, 2026

ADENA — The 26th annual Adena Heritage Days Festival queen and grand marshal have been named. Tom Yakubowski was selected as grand marshal, while Millie Parish was named the festival’s queen. Both Parish and Yakubowski are members of Adena High School’s Class of 1958 and will be ...

Gospel Fest Takes Over Heritage Port

July 20, 2026

WHEELING – The presence of Canadian smoke and the threat of storms nearly canceled Gospel Fest on Sunday, but the entertainment and inspiration went on as planned. In fact, it turned out to be a pretty nice day to sit outside and listen to music along the Ohio River at Wheeling’s Heritage ...

Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states, including Ohio and W.Va., over cyclospora risk

July 20, 2026

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite ...

How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires

July 20, 2026

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is something much harder to see. Tiny particles in the air can cause a range of short-term and chronic health issues, experts say. Wildfire smoke can settle ...

Police

July 20, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE System failure: A mother whose child has suicidal ideations said the child tried to open the car door and jump out on the way to the hospital Tuesday for treatment. She said the child had released from a mental institution the day before and the child had tried to explain ...