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Follansbee Council looks to acquire former football field property

FOLLANSBEE – The city of Follansbee plans to make an offer for the purchase of property that once served as the football field to the former Follansbee Middle School. Council met in special session Monday, with all five members approving a proposal to purchase the land at a cost of ...

A royalty ride 50 years late

RICHMOND — As plans progress for the Jefferson Union High School Class of 1976 to hold its 50-year reunion on Aug. 8, committee members have enjoyed reminiscing about days of old at what has since become Edison High School. How heavy rain robbed the homecoming queen court members of what ...

A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life. They found Robbie, a robot that rolls out of a hallway into their living room several times a day. "Do you want to exercise now? Please answer yes or no," the caregiver robot asks 59-year-old Brian Marquis, who has been living with a traumatic brain injury since a 2012 car crash. "Yes," he responds. Then he stands up as the robot's googly-eyed digital screen "face" morphs into an exercise video that guides him ...

A ducky day in Wellsburg as part of annual Duck Derby

WELLSBURG – The rain Sunday afternoon didn’t dampen the spirits for those gathered at the Wellsburg Kiwanis Duck Derby. For the fifth year, area residents visited the Wellsburg Wharf to watch as hundreds of little rubber ducks were dropped into the Ohio River, each with a chance at ...

Area ready to celebrate Juneteenth

STEUBENVILLE — This year's commemoration of the Juneteenth national holiday will come Friday, and several area groups and organizations have planned celebrations for the weekend. In Steubenville, two events have been scheduled: One at Second Baptist Church and the other at North End Field. ...