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Weirton offers reminder of service fee increase

WEIRTON — Weirton municipal officials are reminding businesses in the city about the recently implemented increase to the Municipal Service Fee. Given final approval by City Council by a 6-1 vote April 13, the increase now requires any business operating in the city to withhold $5 per week from the pay of each employee. Finance Director Diana Smoljanovich, noting the change was set to take effect May 17 — 30 days following the ordinance's passage — said Friday it appears not everyone has followed the adjustment. “We should have seen an additional $160,000,” she said of the ...

New age classics

Craig Howell New Age Adenas performed a variety of folk-inspired covers, along with original tunes, during the Second Saturday event held at the Weirton Event Center. Those in attendance also hear the Appalachian Soul sounds of Aristotle Jones. Organized by the Top of West Virginia Convention ...

Two-vehicle crash damages signal, closes U.S. 22 ramp

STEUBENVILLE — City Engineer Mike Dolak said the University Boulevard/U.S. 22 East ramp from State Route 7 north is temporarily closed while he determines how long it will take to repair damage caused by a two-car collision Saturday at the marina entrance. Police allege a northbound driver, identified as Samuel Byrom, of New Comerstown, Ohio, “ran the red light” and crashed into the passenger side of a southbound vehicle, severely damaging both vehicles and destroying the signal box that controls the traffic light, as well as the railroad crossing bars. Until it is working again, ...

NEW CUMBERLAND – Hancock County commissioners will seek outside legal counsel to advise them in relation to the distribution of the county's allotment of opioid settlement funds, in particular concerning one of its selected recipients. Commissioners convened in a special meeting Friday ...

Pugliese grant funding helping move Grand Theatre restoration forward

STEUBENVILLE — Scott Dressel has come to see change as his friend. Sixteen years into his all-consuming crusade to see Steubenville’s historic Grand Theatre restored, Dressel figures every time he can scratch an item off the to-do list it gets his devoted corps of volunteers, the ...

Marian Taylor celebrates 104th birthday

WELLSBURG — Marian Alice (Bishop) Taylor is celebrating her 104th birthday Saturday. Born in Kingman, Maine, on Aug. 8, 1922, she comes from a family with a long history of military service. Her father, J.D. Bishop, served in World War I, and her three brothers all served during World War ...