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Kingsview Drive area boil order lifted

WEIRTON - The boil order issued Thursday for the area of Kingsview Drive has been lifted, effective at 8:15 a.m. today, according to the Weirton Area Water Board. The order also included Lakeview Drive and Glenview Drive. Those in the affected areas may resume using water without restrictions.

Brooke student receives scholarship celebrating 45 years of OVAC Band support

WHEELING — Celebrating 45 years of McDonald's support for the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Marching Band, local McDonald's Owner/Operator Bob Stoltz presented a $1,000 scholarship to Deedra Groves of Brooke High School during halftime of the OVAC All-Star Football Game on July 18 ...

Overturned cargo

Traffic had to be routed off of a portion of southbound Ohio Route 7 in Steubenville Thursday morning after a tractor trailer carrying a load of coal overturned, spilling its load onto the roadway. By 9:30 a.m., the truck had been lifted back onto its wheels, while another truck was brought in to take its cargo. No injuries were reported.

Tents go up at old Catholic cemetery site in Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — Neither Woda Cooper Companies nor the archaeological consultant overseeing the search for more human remains at the old Catholic cemetery behind The Laundromat at the top of Washington Street Hill has produced a human remains treatment plan for city inspection, officials said Wednesday. Earlier this week, consultants discovered human remains — a jawbone and several teeth, along with "the outline of the casket, including a handle" — in a location very close to grave markers memorializing Patrick Hargrove, who died in the mid-1860s, and Bridgitt Hargrove, who died a ...

Water parade headlines fourth annual Newell Fun Day

NEWELL — Things are set to get wet and wild in Newell on Aug. 1 as the community prepares for its fourth annual Newell Fun Day. Organized by the Newell Community Coalition, activities will begin at 11 a.m. in and around the Newell Community Center and include a dunk tank, foam pit, bounce ...

WVU Medicine-WMC auxiliary awards $20,000

WEIRTON — Improving lives is at the core of what WVU Medicine-Weirton Medical Center does, David Artman said Wednesday night. "The thing that makes me the most proud, and why I love this job, is because we get to help people," Artman, the hospital's president and CEO, said during the ...