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WMC Foundation launches Building a Healthier Community Grants Program

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WEIRTON — As WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center makes historic investments in the future of health care, it also is investing directly in the communities it serves. The newly established WMC Foundation Inc., the philanthropic arm of WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center, has launched its inaugural Building a Healthier Community Grants Program, providing funding opportunities for nonprofit organizations working to improve the health and well-being of residents throughout the region. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 4. Eligible organizations may serve Hancock, Brooke and ...

'Clue' closes playhouse season

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WELLSBURG — Get ready for a night of spine-tingling suspense and side-splitting laughter as Brooke Hills Playhouse presents "Clue." Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and the classic Hasbro board game, this hilarious farce-meets-murder-mystery will keep audience members ...

Celebrating the nation

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Contributed Members of the New Alexandria-based Buckeye Ruritans held a celebration of America's 250th birthday on Aug. 1 at the park. The event included an off-road vehicle parade, food, games, face painting and music by Dusty Carpenter. Organizers added the celebration was designed to ...

Capito says Mitchell Plant will be ‘here for a long time’

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MOUNDSVILLE — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito took a tour of the Mitchell Power Plant in Marshall County on Tuesday afternoon to get an up-close look at how the plant is serving the surrounding community. While observing the plant's present, the West Virginia Republican also said she is ...

The season starts now: High school football preview inside

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STEUBENVILLE — After a long summer of work by area players, coaches and staffs, the wait is almost over. In just a matter of hours, all of that work will begin to pay off as high school football returns to fields throughout the Ohio Valley. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights will bring the sights and sounds that signal the start of another football season. Players are ready to strap on their helmets and shoulder pads and take the field. Coaches are ready to grab their play sheets, put on their headsets and begin making the decisions that can determine the outcome of a game. And ...

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Birthdays Aug. 18 Johnna Provenzano, Weirton Aug. 19 Darren Corrigan, Mingo Junction Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Knock off: A juvenile said someone driving a red Hummer knocked him off his bike Sunday in the 100 block of N. Ninth Street and left the scene but returned to apologize before leaving a second time. He told police he saw the driver texting as he swerved toward him on the side of the street. He said he was able to get back on his bike and pedal to a parking lot where he “stayed for several hours before his father (arrived) to carry him to his residence.” ...