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Jefferson County leases oil and gas rights at former Eastern Gateway campus

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners say their decision to exercise a long-forgotten reverter clause to regain control of the former Eastern Gateway campus at the heart of town is still paying dividends. Commissioners on Thursday leased the oil and gas rights to the 75-acre ...

JCESC Family Support Specialist makes 1,000th home visit

STEUBENVILLE – Families in crisis are learning they have a valuable advocate in the Jefferson County Educational Service Center Family Support Specialist program, now marking it’s 1000th home visit. Family Support Specialist Mary Kakascik said the grant-funded program has snowballed since ...

Lollathin convicted of beating, strangling ex in 2025

STEUBENVILLE — A Dillonvale man has been convicted by a Jefferson County Common Pleas Court jury of brutally beating and choking his then-girlfriend a year ago. Jurors deliberated just about 90 minutes before finding Robert Lollathin, 39, guilty of strangulation and two counts of felonious ...

Wheeling man gets life with parole possibility in wife’s Killing

A Wheeling man will serve life in prison with the possibility of parole after being sentenced Thursday in the First Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia for the first-degree murder of his wife on Wheeling Island. Though parole is possible, Dwayne Herring, 54, was sentenced by Circuit Judge ...

A full schedule of events planned in Weirton this summer

WEIRTON — There will be a packed summer of activities at the Weirton Event Center, with the City of Weirton and Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau announcing the 2026 Summer Event Schedule. Running from late May into September, this year's lineup features a mix of live ...

Flowing together: Ohio River Commission seeks regional unity and growth

STEUBENVILLE — Bringing communities along the Ohio River together to tap into the development potential of the waterway is a key objective of the Ohio River Commission. “It's about collaboration and getting everyone together to understand that the Ohio River Commission is here, and we're ...