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Concert season opens

Ross Gallabrese Ashley Marina helped to open the 20th-anniversary season of the Fort Steuben Concert Series Thursday evening. The Pittsburgh-based singer has performed on "The Voice" and "America's Got Talent," and is no stranger to Steubenville, having won "The Valley's Got Talent" in 2019. ...

More opioid fund discussion before Hancock County commissioners

NEW CUMBERLAND – Hancock County commissioners approved a proposal to provide additional opioid funding to an organization which previously had been set to receive an allotment, while agreeing to memoranda of understanding for three other groups. By a 2-1 vote, commissioners agreed to ...

Conn seeks outside counsel in water line payment dispute

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Auditor E.J. Conn can ask a Common Pleas Court judge for permission to hire independent counsel to advise him on legal issues stemming from his refusal to pay an estimated $240,000 invoice for water line work completed without appropriated funds, a purchase order or any record of a public vote approving the expense. Commissioners approved Conn’s request to petition the court without comment during Thursday’s meeting. In seeking their approval, Conn told commissioners he is required under Ohio Revised Code Section 319.16 to ensure county funds ...

LENDING A HAND

Contributed Representatives of several local civic organizations game their time and efforts to the Salvation Army, Saturday, in assisting with the sorting and preparing of clothes donations at the organization's Weirton location. Donations were sorted, with some put on hangers and labeled ...

Port authority gets money for remediation projects

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County will receive more than $650,000 for brownfield remediation, a development hailed Wednesday by Robert Naylor. "It's a much-needed investment in an area that is still suffering from the decline of the coal and steel industries," Naylor, executive director of ...