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Community rallies around Bridgeport students injured in crash

LANSING — Two Bridgeport High School students were involved in a serious motor vehicle wreck Wednesday evening on U.S. Route 40 in Pease Township. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 1999 BMW 232i was traveling westbound on Route 40. As it negotiated a right curve, the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a curb, an embankment and eventually a utility pole. Both the driver and passenger sustained significant injuries and were transported to Wheeling Hospital. Bridgeport Fire and EMS, Wolfhurst EMS and Brookside EMS responded to the scene, with the ...

Regional students test welding skills in Wheeling competition

WHEELING – Local students from across the region put their skills to the test during the Wheeling Ironworkers Local 549 Joint Apprenticeship Training Program welding competition Wednesday at the Ironworkers hall, 2350 Main St., Wheeling. Stephen Sipos, apprenticeship coordinator for ...

‘Mama Mia’

Craig Howell Members of the cast of Weir High School's production of “Mama Mia!” performed during Monday's meeting of the Hancock County Board of Education. The show will run at 7 p.m. today through Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday. This year's show has been double-cast, allowing for more ...

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Brooke Library to Library to host storytime, movie and 'Duckorate' WELLSBURG – The Brooke County Public Library will offer several upcoming programs for the community. An Evening Explore & Learn Storytime with Miss Kim will be held Thursday, May 7, at 5 p.m., featuring a story and hands-on activities. Space is limited. The library also will host an afternoon movie, “I Can Only Imagine 2,” rated PG, on Friday, May 8, at noon. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch, with popcorn and water provided. In addition, patrons can take part in the “Duckorate” program by picking ...

Oak Glen students named honorary secretaries of state

NEW CUMBERLAND — Three students from Oak Glen High School recently returned from Charleston, where they were named honorary secretaries of state in recognition of their efforts to encourage the school’s seniors to register to vote. Ella Paras, Danica Holden and Maddox McKay, members of ...

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Author opens Children’s Book Week WEIRTON — West Virginia children’s author Anna Egan Smucker will open Children’s Book Week at the Mary H. Weir Public Library at 11 a.m. May 4. Smucker will read her children’s book Outside the Window about baby birds in the library’s activity room. Smucker, a Pushcart nominee, is the author of No Star Nights, her award-winning memoir about growing up in the steel town of Weirton in the 1950s. Published by Knopf, it won the International Reading Association Children’s Book Award. Other titles include A History of West Virginia, To Keep ...