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2025 Trick-or-Treat

Area communities have set their trick-or-treat times. The schedule includes: • Beech Bottom, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday • Bethany, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 • Brooke County (unincorporated areas) 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday • Chester, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Oct. 31 • ...

Local Briefs

Road to be closed for parade WEIRTON — North- and southbound lanes of Penco Road from Cove Road to Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today for the Madonna High School homecoming parade. Drivers should expect delays and use alternate routes where possible. County ...

West Virginia election official encourages teens to vote

WELLSBURG — West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner said he often hears, particularly from young voters, “My vote really doesn’t matter. I’m just one vote.” But the state’s chief election official told Brooke High School students Wednesday that five municipal elections last ...

Morrisey: West Virginia State Police ICE arrests top 60 in 30 days

CHARLESTON — It has been more than one month since the West Virginia State Police began immigration enforcement actions on Interstates 77 and 79, netting 60 illegal immigrants during that time. Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Jim Mitchell held a ...

Awards presented to the Best of the Best

WINTERSVILLE — The owners and staff of a wide variety of businesses were acknowledged for their hard work through the presentation Wednesday of awards in 156 categories in the Herald-Star and Weirton Daily Times’ Best of the Best Readers’ Choice competition. Ross Gallabrese, executive ...