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• Bell Chapel UMC: "What's in a Name? Rahab" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "The Bad Report and the Long Life" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "For the Beauty of the Earth" (Sunday's service will be held at 11 a.m. at Marland Heights Pavilion 1 and the annual church picnic will follow.) • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m.: "Knowledge is Good, Love is Better;" 6 p.m.: "One Perfect Sacrifice" • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): "Words" • Harmony Church: "Good Neighbor Sam" • Memorial Baptist Church: "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted?" • St. Paul's Church: ...

History in the Hills: Steubenville’s Female Seminary Revisited

History is all around us and in Steubenville it is on every block. Some blocks, though, no longer exist, but the memory of the places that were once there are still remembered. One of the places that loomed large in our collective memory is the Steubenville Female Seminary. Considering it closed around 128 years ago, its memory is still strong here in town. Looking back at a previous article, one can rediscover its importance. For me, growing up learning the history of our area, one place stuck out as being a place that always was in the background to life in Steubenville. The place ...

Not perfect, but revolutionary

I am not the biggest of movie goers. I will go, but very rarely have I had time to sit for two to three hours watching a movie. It is just easier to wait for it to come out on other media outlets where I can see it on my own time. When we do go with the family it is an enjoyable experience. There is a movie that I want to see again as soon as possible. It might surprise you of my choice. It is not, “Oppenheimer,” or “The Odyssey,” or even “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” I hope to see them all eventually. The one I want to see again immediately is the movie, ...

Weirton Church Women United plans busy year ahead

Contributed Members of Church Women United, Weirton, held their welcome back from summer meeting Friday at Eat 'n Park in Weirton. Eleven women participated from five of six churches. Discussion included setting up conference calls on Sept. 4 and Oct. 9; setting meetings for UNICEF ...

Swastika painted on Temple Shalom prompts police investigation

Rabbi Joshua Lief had a few emotions running through him after a neighbor informed him Thursday morning that a swastika had been painted on the exterior of Temple Shalom, the Ohio Valley's only synagogue. There was shock that someone would take the time to deface the building with a Nazi ...

Weirton Chamber hits the lanes

Craig Howell Twelve teams representing area businesses tried to pick up a strike or two Thursday, as part of the Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Kegler Night, held at Holiday Lanes in Weirton. The winning business of the friendly competition got to take home the Kegler Cup trophy.