Flags on the field

Area Special Olympics athletes faced off against members of the Weirton Firefighters IAFF Local 948 Tuesday in a flag football game on Edwin J. Bowman Field. The matchup was part of Weirton’s second-annual observance of Disability Independence Week, which continues today with a bingo night, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Marland Heights Park. — Craig Howell