STEUBENVILLE — Sometimes all it takes is hearing a snippet of a song for a too-short lifetime of memories to come flooding back, Gail Worrels said. Worrels' son, Quentin Worrels Nelson, was gunned down 14 years ago in downtown Steubenville. There had been a party that night and a friend had ...
STEUBENVILLE — The city will come alive this week with the sounds and memories of the Cocktail Cool Era. The 30th-annual Dean Martin Hometown Festival will run Thursday through June 20, with a wide variety of activities, including historical perspectives; the showing of a restored version ...
WELLSBURG — Wellsburg's Oil Can Derby is set to return as part of the community's Independence Day festivities. After a year's absence, the race, which traces its history to the 1940s, will be held July 4, with a start time of 9 a.m. and a course along Fourth Street near First Ward ...
WEIRTON — For five years, the Weirton Christian Center has partnered with Never Alone WV to offer a support program to assist area youth in grief. Never Alone Kids is a step-by-step, activity-driven program that uses peer support within age groups to show children they are not alone as they navigate the grieving process. “This program is in addition to regular programming of preschool, afterschool and summer programs in a safe and secure environment,” said Kim Weaver, executive director of the Weirton Christian Center. A new seven-week session of Never Alone Kids is set to begin ...
Talk to those who experienced the floods that tore through Ohio County one year ago this weekend, and their reflections often come back to the same thing. In their lives, they had never experienced anything like it. Not the speed. Not the force. Not the destruction. “It was like seeing ...
WINTERSVILLE — The need for blood donors is urgent, officials with the American Red Cross said. That makes this year’s Jefferson County Media Day Blood Drive even more important. Set for noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Florian Event Center, the drive comes at a time when scheduled ...
