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Wellsburg man sentenced for attempted carjackings

WELLSBURG — A Wellsburg man has been sentenced to 10 to 36 years in prison in connection with a pair of attempted carjackings outside businesses on American Way. Robert Jeffrey Bailey, 44, of Wellsburg, received the sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree robbery ...

Welcoming the governor

Members of the Rotary Club of Weirton Heights, Weirton Rotary and Brooke County Rotary gathered Thursday to host Rotary District 7545 Governor Richard J. Macak Jr., and his wife, Pat, of Beckley, who spoke about projects taking place in Rotary clubs throughout West Virginia and around the ...

Zion celebrates 100 years in community

STEUBENVILLE — Sunday mornings. The day of the week when people awake early, dress in their finest clothes and travel to pray and rejoice in the house of the Lord. But as everyone knows, not all houses are the same. The year was 1925. Residents of downtown Steubenville were looking for ...

Through the looking glass

Ryleigh Horner of Follansbee — held by her grandmother, Charity Tennant, and accompanied by her mother, Logan — visited with characters from “Alice in Wonderland” played by, from left, Stacy Niven, Mikayla Petrosky and Eberle Lazear, and other staff from Brightwood Center during the ...

Boil order issued for Sharon Drive, Danby Court

WEIRTON - A boil order has been issued for the 200 block of Sharon Drive, and all of Danby Court, following work on a water line in the area today, according to the Weirton Area Water Board. The order also is in effect for any other residents or businesses in the designated area who ...