MINGO JUNCTION — A $500 MAC Grant from McDonald’s is helping students in the Indian Creek Middle School music program hit all of the right notes. The grant plays a key role in the program’s acquisition of new miniature piano keyboards that will aid students as they learn to make sweet ...
Roundtable lecture postponed WHEELING — The first meeting of the Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions, according to group officials. The lecture and meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the auditorium of the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling. Guest speaker will be St. Clairsville resident Wayne Farley, who will present an examination of the Civil War history of Western Virginia he obtained through his research. Farley will offer a personal collection of family letters that belonged to the ...
Kaden Haddox, a seventh-grader at Indian Creek Middle School, placed first in the Indian Creek Local School District Spelling Bee, held Jan. 13 at Indian Creek Middle School. Haddox correctly spelled “cadre,” a noun meaning a nucleus or core group, especially of trained personnel able to ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — The January meeting of the Alpha Tau Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators was held at the Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland. The meeting was called to order by President Fran Jones. Chaplain Kathy Griffith gave a reading from “Walking in Grace,” as the thought for the day. Secretary Mary Lou Martindill read the minutes of the previous meeting and took roll call. President-elect Michelle Lewis requested members provide volunteer information for the altruistic report. Ginger Greene, bylaws chairman, ...
BERGHOLZ — John Gregg Elementary School has incorporated its Drug Abuse Resistance Education program and officially gotten underway with pupils learning how to make good decisions. DARE works with students in grades kindergarden through 12th, with grade-appropriate subjects that include peer pressure, drug dangers and making good choices. Ryan Gorby, a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, serves as the school’s resource officer and has concluded a four-week session with fourth graders. Gorby has since begun programs with second- and sixth-grade classes. The ...
Center to take trip WEIRTON — The Greater Weirton Senior Center is planning a trip to see the performance “Let’s Hang On: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Tribute,” set to take place at 1 p.m. March 27 at the Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek. The event is open to the public and all ages. Those who plan on attending should be at the senior center, located at 3425 Main St. in Weirton, at 9 a.m. The cost will be $115 and includes the bus ticket, dinner and a ticket to the show. An opportunity to shop will be available following the performance, according to officials. To ...
