CHARLESTON — Citing an increase in active coronavirus cases, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday the state will again limit the size of group gatherings, fairs and festivals will close and bars in Monongalia County will shut down for 10 days to bring the outbreak in that county under ...
TORONTO — For the first time in its more than 200-year history, there won’t be an on-site Hollow Rock Campmeeting as faithful attendees through the years have come to look forward to and experience. Instead, there will be a virtual alternative from July 20-25 with live streaming videos ...
WELLSBURG — The American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum continues to grow with new equipment and new displays helping it to share the experiences of service members and others during World War II. Jim Brockman, the museum’s executive director, said a $30,000 grant from the ...
CHARLESTON — While some lawmakers see Gov. Jim Justice’s use of executive powers as evenhanded during the pandemic emergency, others would like to see more legislative involvement, particularly when it comes to the $1.25 billion in federal dollars the state has received. Ever since the ...
WHEELING — An order released last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would force international students studying in America to return to their home countries if their college classes all go online this fall due to coronavirus concerns. To remain in the U.S., students must be ...
Representatives of the Weirton Christian Center and the Holiday Lanes USBC Youth League gathered Saturday at Holiday Lanes in Weirton for the annual Stuff the Bus and Bowl-a-thon fundraiser to benefit the Christian Center. A tent also was set up in the bowling alley’s parking lot with ...
Hair cuts. Massages. Tattoos. Pedicures. These were just some of the luxuries lost as businesses faced mandatory shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet as states began to reopen last month, most areas saw the resurgence of these businesses as longtime customers clamored to receive their ...
Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ł The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic scheduled for July 18 was canceled. ł Mingo Community Days, normally held each ...
Today’s birthdays Dave Stromp, Mingo Junction. Alyssa McIntyre, Mingo Junction. Jim Carduci, Unionport. Police reports Steubenville police Noticed: Notices of violation were sent to owners of properties at 200 Logan, 204 Logan, 620 N. Webster Alley, 608 N. Fifth and 723 N. Fifth, ...
WHEELING — Lisa Allen and Breanna Humphries of the Ziegenfelder Co. have been named two of the 2020 Top Women in Grocery. Each year since 2007, Progressive Grocer has recognized women who strengthen the retail food industry by giving back to their communities. “I am honored to be named ...
- Cadiz Presbyterian Church: “Seed and Soil,” www.CadizPresbyterian.org. - Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville: “In Rules,” www.finleyumc.org. - First Church of Christ, Scientist, Steubenville: “Sacrament.” - First Westminster Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: “The ...
LORDSTOWN — U.S. Sen. Rob Portman wants General Motors to invest in Lordstown Motors Corp. and its manufacturing plant, GM’s former Lordstown assembly facility, where the startup will build its all-electric Endurance pickup truck. “I think it makes all the sense in the world because this ...
Cadiz Women’s Golf League The play of the day on July 8 for the Cadiz Women’s Golf League was low gross. Hostesses were Judy Crawshaw and Carole Patton. The winners were: A flight, Marilyn Kenny; B flight, Joanne Hardman; and C flight, Judy Crawshaw. Tracy Amos, Judy Crawshaw and ...
PHILADELPHIA — Big Valley is a living postcard of Pennsylvania. Jet-black buggies hug the shoulders of its long, straight roads and knobby-kneed foals prance in fields so green they look electrified. Most signs there urge motorists to repent and rejoice, or to buy fresh strawberries from the ...
APPOINTED: Phillip Glyptis has been reappointed to serve as chair of the Ohio State Bar Association’s health care law committee, president Linda Tucci Teodosio has announced. Glyptis will serve a one-year term that began on July 1. He is an attorney in the Wheeling office of Burns White LLC. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of ...
WHEELING — The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston received nearly $2 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans to help pay its administrative staff and every active priest working in West Virginia during the coronavirus pandemic. The request was not unusual as numerous dioceses across ...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delayed action Friday on whether to strengthen coronavirus restrictions as the state reports spikes in cases, hospitalizations and transmission rates. The Republican governor said he is considering limiting the sizes of gatherings across the state and is ...
WEIRTON — A proposed water rate increase and several purchase requests are set to go before Weirton Council Monday. The meeting will be held in the Weirton Room of the Millsop Community Center, with an informational meeting at 6:55 p.m., and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Those ...
CHARLESTON — A Beckley-based physician is the new West Virginia health officer and commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health, the governor announced on Friday. Dr. Ayne Amjad replaces Dr. Cathy Slemp. "We have picked up an incredible West Virginian," Justice said as he announced the ...