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Tearin’ Up the Turf turns 21 RICHMOND — Area high school marching bands will gather Sept. 12 for Tearin’ Up the Turf XXI at Cartwright Memorial Stadium at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. Gates open at 6 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students and free for children 5 and younger. The Edison Wildcat Marching Band has hosted the event for 21 years. New band director Matthew Ohlin took over from predecessor and event creator Marc Sansone. The festival will feature performances of music from the participating ...

Students taking the lead at Cross Creek Elementary event

WINTERSVILLE — Students will be in charge during Cross Creek Elementary School’s Family Leadership Night on Sept. 23. The event will be held from 3-6 p.m., and kids will guide their parents around the building, visiting their classrooms and demonstrating the leadership skills they have ...

Second Saturday to wrap up the year this weekend

WEIRTON – The summer season is winding down, and with it comes the final Second Saturday event of the year. Organized by the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Second Saturday will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, at the Weirton Event Center, bringing together an ...

Sinclair Building targeted for 'public nuisance' designation

STEUBENVILLE — The city of Steubenville wants a judge to declare the 111-year-old Sinclair Building at Fourth and Market streets a “public nuisance.” The petition, filed Tuesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court, asks the court to force the owners to repair the building or demolish ...

Wheeling to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

WHEELING — Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom said remembrance ceremonies for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are just as important now as ever, and perhaps even more important. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on American soil. "That means an entire generation has grown up since and does not remember what life was like before and how we all felt that day," he said. "What was lost, in addition to the thousands of lives that morning, was perhaps our national sense of innocence." Wheeling will hold its annual Sept. 11 ...

Toronto man dies in SR 152 crash

RICHMOND — A Toronto man was killed Tuesday following a single-vehicle crash near Richmond. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, James A. Clark, 70, was driving a 2024 Jeep Gladiator north on state Route 152 at about 4:26 p.m. when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, overturned and struck a tree. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Multiple emergency crews responded including the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Belvedere, Unionport, Hopedale and Wintersville Fire Departments. The crash remains under ...