WELLSBURG — Wellsburg's Oil Can Derby is set to return as part of the community's Independence Day festivities. After a year's absence, the race, which traces its history to the 1940s, will be held July 4, with a start time of 9 a.m. and a course along Fourth Street near First Ward ...
WEIRTON — For five years, the Weirton Christian Center has partnered with Never Alone WV to offer a support program to assist area youth in grief. Never Alone Kids is a step-by-step, activity-driven program that uses peer support within age groups to show children they are not alone as they navigate the grieving process. “This program is in addition to regular programming of preschool, afterschool and summer programs in a safe and secure environment,” said Kim Weaver, executive director of the Weirton Christian Center. A new seven-week session of Never Alone Kids is set to begin ...
Talk to those who experienced the floods that tore through Ohio County one year ago this weekend, and their reflections often come back to the same thing. In their lives, they had never experienced anything like it. Not the speed. Not the force. Not the destruction. “It was like seeing ...
WINTERSVILLE — The need for blood donors is urgent, officials with the American Red Cross said. That makes this year’s Jefferson County Media Day Blood Drive even more important. Set for noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Florian Event Center, the drive comes at a time when scheduled ...
STEUBENVILLE — Discussions held during training sessions at a downtown facility have led to a series of events that resulted in the opening of downtown's newest coffee shop. "I didn't think I was going to be in this position, but things unfolded and I was able to," Hunter Wees, owner of ...
WEIRTON — The project to expand the capacity at Weirton’s wastewater treatment plant is coming to a close. Jesse Alden, project manager from Thrasher Engineering, announced during Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Sanitary Board that the gathering of representatives of Triton ...
