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Beast of the East Baseball Tournament Ready For 38th Summer

WHEELING – Two dozen youth baseball teams will begin taking their swings Thursday at a championship in the 38th annual Edgar Martin Beast of the East Tournament. Ten of the teams are local – with five entered in the oldest of the three divisions, the 19U. The other divisions are 14U and 16U, with games being played daily through Sunday’s championship round. Contests in the 14U bracket will be played at Bellaire High School’s John Blacker Field in Neffs and Bridgeport High School’s Niekro Diamond in Brookside Four teams – Post 757 Colts-Blue; Pittsburgh Titans; Moundsville ...

New Weirton officers

Craig Howell The Weirton Police Department welcomed two probationary officers Friday morning, with Mayor Dean Harris giving the oath of office to Marcello Magnone and Konnor Allison. Magnone is a 2015 graduate of Weir High School, who served in the U.S. Army for four years, while Allison is ...

PEIA finances stable heading into next fiscal year

CHARLESTON - The financials of the health insurance benefit for West Virginia public workers appears to stable heading into the next fiscal year. Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board met Thursday afternoon for its regular meeting, with members attending in ...

Bright Promise expands services through scholarship program

STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Board of Developmental Disabilities is making more changes to help students thrive by becoming a Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship provider, and the School of Bright Promise is changing its name to accommodate the move. The site will simply be known ...

Wednesdays in Wintersville growing

WINTERSVILLE — This week's Wednesdays in Wintersville will be special for a couple of reasons. First, on Wednesday, the village will be celebrating the nation's 250th birthday with a theme of Red, White & Boom. Second, the monthly street fair will continue on Thursday. That, according to Joel John, head of the volunteer committee that coordinates the event, could be a look at things to come. "We are doing a two-day event," said John, the owner of Exquisite Creations by Joel on Main Street. "The exciting part is that we do not normally reschedule canceled events, but our first one ...

Wellsburg man charged with vehicular homicide in October fatality in Pennsylvania

A West Virginia man is facing a vehicular homicide charge in connection to a crash that led to the death of a motorcyclist in Cecil Township in October. William Erwin Johnston, 93, of Wellsburg, W.Va., allegedly struck and killed John Charles Dinsmore, 67, of McDonald, Oct. 6 in the 3000 block of Millers Run Road in Cecil Township. Johnston is also being charged with improperly crossing the center line and making an unsafe lane change. Johnston was arraigned Friday before Magisterial District Judge Louis McQuillan. Unsecured bond was set at $100,000. According to the criminal ...