June 29: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

June 29, 2020

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County will reopen July 6 in a limited capacity. Curbside pickup service also is available. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled what would have been its rescheduled casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the ...

June 27: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

June 27, 2020

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County will reopen July 6 in a limited capacity. Curbside pickup service also is available. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled what would have been its rescheduled casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the ...

June 26: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

June 26, 2020

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Cancer Dietary Initiative has canceled its annual fundraiser golf scramble that had been scheduled for today at Red Oaks Golf Course. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled its casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the Steubenville Country Club. ¯ The Public ...

West Virginia Health Officer Dr. Cathy Slemp resigns after criticism from Gov. Jim Justice

June 25, 2020

CHARLESTON — Dr. Cathy Slemp, the state health officer and commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health who helped guide the state’s coronavirus response, stepped down Wednesday after being openly criticized by Gov. Jim Justice earlier in the day. In a statement Wednesday afternoon from ...

Coronavirus cases surging among the young

June 25, 2020

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coronavirus cases are climbing among young adults in a number of states where bars, stores and restaurants have reopened — a shift that not only puts them in greater peril than many realize but poses an even bigger danger to older people who cross their paths. In ...

Businesses, patrons, officials weigh concerns over relaxed restrictions

June 24, 2020

While states move forward with easing restrictions formerly in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers of cases in some areas have increased. As a result, business owners, patrons and community leaders have taken precautions against the possibility of another wave of the ...