WEIRTON — Members of Weirton’s Park Board heard concerns Thursday about the future of one of the city’s neighborhood playgrounds and the status of some long-proposed improvements. Resident Chip Davies was joined by others from the Terrace Heights neighborhood and other supporters, ...
MINGO JUNCTION — The 17-year-old driver of a Ford Ranger that went over a guardrail, traveled down an embankment and caught fire early Wednesday morning told police another motorist deliberately rammed the pickup twice before the crash. Five teenagers, ages 13 to 17, were injured in the crash at the intersection of Logan Avenue and Commerce Street. Three were flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital, where they were reported in stable condition Wednesday evening. The driver told police Thursday morning that the teens had been “ding-dong-ditching” homes in Steubenville ...
STEUBENVILLE — Local people serving local people is a concept Jeannie Kern believes in. “It’s very important because these are the people in our community,” Kern said Thursday, right before opening the doors of her new business, Once Upon a Child. “Everything you see here is what ...
STEUBENVILLE — A new website and app linking all Steubenville City Schools to students and parents are in the works. At its meeting Wednesday, the Steubenville Board of Education got a peek at the website, which is under construction, and learned details about it from Natalie Campana, who ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Auditor told commissioners Thursday there’s no way he can pay the nearly $7,000 invoice submitted for “additional restoration services” related to a controversial State Route 213 water-line relocation project. Conn told commissioners that, “While I respect the board’s desire to address the outstanding invoice, I must again advise that I cannot issue a warrant for this invoice or any other invoice arising from this project until the foundational defects in the procurement and authorization process are cured.” “Ohio law leaves me no ...
WINTERSVILLE — Since it was founded around a decade ago, the Sycamore Youth Center has continued to expand across the area. It grew by a little more Wednesday, when the ribbon was cut as part of the grand opening at its newest location, the Ark. "We're very excited to expand into the ...
