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Women's golf

Town and Country EAST SPRINGFIELD — The Town and Country Ladies Golf League held medal play on July 9 at Spring Hills Golf Course. The winners included: A flight, Signa Findlay, low gross; Kathy Antinone, low net. In B flight, Diane Vandine, low gross and Debbie Hendricks, low net; C flight, Dora Elizaga, low gross and Shirley Guida, low net. The longest drive on No. 3 was recorded by Abbey Wilson, A flight and Elizaga, C flight. On No. 5, Dorothy Baier had the longest drive for A flight, Hendricks, B flight; and Guida, C flight. Vicki Brozka was the closest to the pin on No. 8 ...

Wheeling To Celebrate Grecian, Italian Festivals This Coming Week

WHEELING – The most festive weekend of the summer season is about to take place in Wheeling. The Grecian Fest at John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church, starts Wednesday, July 22, and continues through Friday, July 24. It will be set up outside and inside the church located at 2215 Chapline ...

History preserved in Mount Pleasant with annual Pilgrimage

MOUNT PLEASANT — Working to ensure the history of their small community is preserved is important to members of the Historical Society of Mount Pleasant. That's why the organization continues to host its annual Pilgrimage, which includes tours of many structures, some of which were built ...

NWS: Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Should Leave By Saturday

Ohio Valley residents coughed and choked through another day of smoke from Canadian wildfires Friday, that day even worse than what they experienced Thursday. Yet the National Weather Service said the region should get a big break from that bad air by Saturday. Matt Brudy, a meteorologist ...

Police

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Rental scam: A city resident told police he paid someone advertising a rental on County Road 45 a total of $1,095 via Chime Tuesday but after they got his money he didn’t hear anything more from them. He said when he drove to the address of the property he’d rented he discovered it was already occupied and that he wasn’t the only person that was duped. Throwing things: A Rosswell Avenue resident told police her adult son had argued with her teenaged daughter and threw household items at the girl Tuesday after she asked him to clean up a mess he’d made so ...

History in the Hills: Apples all around us

Working out in our vegetable garden is something my wife and I do a lot. We enjoy watching our garden grow and taking advantage of the fruits of our labor. There is nothing like picking a pepper or tomato that is home grown and enjoying it. Something about it just tastes better. One of my many memories of my grandparents is spending time with them in their garden tending to their plants. Sometimes I would be passing my grandparents' porch, and my grandmother would have a bowl of beans to prepare. We would spend time snapping the ends off green beans while catching up and having a nice ...