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Brooke County Fair to kick off Friday

WELLSBURG – For the last 25 years, the Brooke County Fair has provided a full weekend of activities for area residents, and that will remain true when the fair kicks off Friday. Set to take place at Brooke Hills Park, the fair will be open for visitors from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. ...

Female Seminary mural gets a touchup

STEUBENVILLE — A mural originally painted 36 years ago to celebrate the “Female Seminary” that educated more than 5,000 young women before it closed in 1898 is getting a touchup, thanks to Historic Fort Steuben and the Steubenville Visitor Center. The mural, located on Market Street ...

Hancock County grand jury returns 14 indictments

NEW CUMBERLAND – A Hancock County grand jury returned indictments against 14 individuals Friday, including several facing charges related to sexual abuse or drugs. Among those indicted were Chalmer Allen “Buddy” Noble, 55, of 131 School St., Weirton. Noble was arrested by Weirton ...

Developer drops plans to disinter remains from old Catholic cemetery site

STEUBENVILLE — Woda Cooper Companies has abandoned plans to build a senior citizens housing complex at the old Catholic cemetery site at the top of Washington Street hill. City officials were notified by Woda Attorney Michael J. Shaheen over the weekend that his clients were pulling the ...

Hancock County minutes dispute emerges (edited)

NEW CUMBERLAND — A dispute has arisen between Hancock County commissioners and the County Clerk's Office over the proper methodology for keeping minutes of their meetings. During the commission's regular Aug. 28 meeting, Commissioner Paul Cowey moved to table the minutes from their Aug. 7 ...

Blue Mass marks anniversary of terror attacks

WEIRTON – While 25 years have passed since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, those in the Weirton community want to make sure the memories of that tragic day are not soon forgotten. As has become a tradition over the last several years, area residents gathered at St. Joseph the Worker ...