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Wise, Himmelrick vie for Brooke GOP nomination

WELLSBURG — Brooke County Republicans will have a choice when they cast their ballots for county commissioner in the May 12 primary. Incumbent Stacey “Hukill” Wise is being challenged by Kevin Himmelrick for their party’s nomination. The winner will advance to the Nov. 3 general election. No Democrat filed for the seat. A lifelong resident of Brooke County who is originally from Wellsburg, Wise has served as a commissioner since 2015. She brings more than 40 years of bookkeeping, budgeting, management and secretarial experience to the position, as well as experience in building ...

Jefferson County leases oil and gas rights at former Eastern Gateway campus

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners say their decision to exercise a long-forgotten reverter clause to regain control of the former Eastern Gateway campus at the heart of town is still paying dividends. Commissioners on Thursday leased the oil and gas rights to the 75-acre ...

JCESC Family Support Specialist makes 1,000th home visit

STEUBENVILLE – Families in crisis are learning they have a valuable advocate in the Jefferson County Educational Service Center Family Support Specialist program, now marking it’s 1000th home visit. Family Support Specialist Mary Kakascik said the grant-funded program has snowballed since ...

Lollathin convicted of beating, strangling ex in 2025

STEUBENVILLE — A Dillonvale man has been convicted by a Jefferson County Common Pleas Court jury of brutally beating and choking his then-girlfriend a year ago. Jurors deliberated just about 90 minutes before finding Robert Lollathin, 39, guilty of strangulation and two counts of felonious assault. He faces 17.5 years behind bars at his sentencing, which is set for April 29. Prosecuting Attorney Jane Hanlin said she was ecstatic with the jury’s verdict, describing the beating the victim had endured as “savage.” “We are pleased that the jury fully understood the brutality of ...

Wheeling man gets life with parole possibility in wife’s Killing

A Wheeling man will serve life in prison with the possibility of parole after being sentenced Thursday in the First Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia for the first-degree murder of his wife on Wheeling Island. Though parole is possible, Dwayne Herring, 54, was sentenced by Circuit Judge ...

Flowing together: Ohio River Commission seeks regional unity and growth

STEUBENVILLE — Bringing communities along the Ohio River together to tap into the development potential of the waterway is a key objective of the Ohio River Commission. “It's about collaboration and getting everyone together to understand that the Ohio River Commission is here, and we're ...