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Weirton Elementary honors exemplary 4th graders

Craig Howell The faculty and staff of Weirton Elementary School gathered with parents, Wednesday, to recognize the school’s fourth-grade students who earned distinguished- or mastery-level status on the West Virginia General Summative Assessment test, taken during the pupils’ third-grade ...

Follansbee officials to address sinkhole caused by collapsed line

FOLLANSBEE – Follansbee Council, during a special meeting preceding Monday's regular council meeting, agreed to contract for the replacement of a stormwater line which caused a sinkhole to open in a residential neighborhood. Council approved a motion to pay up to $38,000 for the replacement ...

Special Connections hopes to build a playground for ‘literally’ everyone

STEUBENVILLE — Working to make sure everyone can participate in events is important to Alycia Clark and Kristina Gabel. The co-founders of Special Connections discussed the efforts of the organization as well as plans to build a universally accessible playground in the city's West End ...

W.Va. Public Schools See Second-Largest Enrollment Drop Since COVID

CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-10 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...

Cloak & Dagger On the Air revisits Christie characters for ninth season

WEIRTON — Cloak & Dagger on the Air continues its ninth season at 4 p.m. Saturday with Agatha Christie's "Tommy & Tuppence Return," featuring the Queen of Crime's beloved detective duo, bound by mystery and matrimony, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Performed as a live audio drama at the Top ...