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Community

Area Girl Scouts to attend commission

CHARLESTON — Four Girl Scouts from Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council will represent their council, region and country during the 70th-annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Leaders and youth from around the world will discuss and advance equality and the rights of ...

Gift time

Santa’s Workshops are underway, including at John Gregg Elementary School. Students visited the makeshift marketplace in the school’s library where they browsed for gifts for family members. Among those taking part was second-grader Jax Glover, who received some assistance from PTO ...

Edison Junior High band to give holiday show

RICHMOND — The Edison Junior High School Band will perform its Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school auditorium. The concert is free of charge, although donations will be accepted to benefit the music program. Band Director Marc Sansone said approximately 50 students in ...

Church Sermon Topics

• Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: The 10 a.m. sermon will be “The Grinch: When You’re Sure You’re Right,” given by the Rev. Seth Filburn. • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: “Love is More.” • Cove Presbyterian Church, Weirton: The 11 a.m. sermon will be “The ...

Club gifts to firefighters

Members of the Wintersville Woman’s Club presented those with Wintersville Fire and Rescue a monetary donation of $1,000. The gift was given to help assist the emergency services department with expenses. In addition to the check, the club gave two large trays of cookies to the department’s ...

Special visit

Five-year-old Ryder Nichols of Wellsburg chatted with Santa and Mrs. Claus, following the Wellsburg Christmas Parade, held Nov. 22 by the Brooke County Area Chamber of Commerce. Nichols spoke to the North Pole couple, informing them of what he would like this Christmas. His 8-year-old sister, ...