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Indian Creek Board Sets Special Meeting WINTERSVILLE — The Indian Creek Local School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the district's administrative offices, 100 Park Drive. Immediately following the special meeting, the Indian Creek Records Commission will meet to review the district's records retention schedule. Road Closures Planned for Weirton's July 4 Celebration WEIRTON — West Virginia Route 2 (Main Street) and all intersecting roads in Weirton will be closed from 3-11 p.m. Saturday for the city's Independence Day and America's ...

Wellsburg Independence Day events get off to rainy start

WELLSBURG – Wellsburg’s week-long celebration of the Independence Day holiday got under way over the weekend, although weather was a hindrance to one of the community’s newest events. The Super Kids Race was set to take place Sunday afternoon, after being delayed from its original ...

Championship bound

Photo by Joe Lovell Wheeling's Ranius Daramola fights through Jersey tacklers inside WesBanco Arena on Saturday during the Wheeling Miners' AAL playoff semifinals game vs. the Jersey Bearcats. The Miners prevailed, 36-9, to advance to 'AAL Championship IV,' which will take place on July 11 ...

Top student readers turn pages into playtime for shelter animals

NEW MANCHESTER — The Hancock County Animal Shelter recently welcomed its first group of “Rescue Readers,” as top student readers from New Manchester Elementary School visited the facility recently for a hands-on educational and enrichment experience benefiting both students and shelter ...

Council honors Steubenville’s trailblazers in resolution

Councilman Royal Mayo, right, presents a resolution celebrating the achievements of Steubenville’s African-American residents, including brothers Jerome and John Edwards, fighter pilots flying with the famed Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, and Moses Fleetwood Walker, who in 1884 was the ...

Marines killed at Iwo Jima are honored

WHEELING — Two different U.S. Marines from Warwood — both of whom were killed in action during World War II while fighting on Iwo Jima — were honored with ceremonies by the Wheeling Military Banner Program. City leaders, local officials from veterans associations and family members of ...