Two U.S. lawmakers are calling on the World Health Organization to withdraw pain care guidelines that include what they say are false claims about the safety of prescription opioids. They say the guidelines could lead other countries toward the same kind of addiction and overdose crisis that ...
Unionport plans observance of Memorial Day Monday UNIONPORT — The observance of Memorial Day in Unionport includes the parade at 10 a.m. Monday featuring the Unionport Patriotic Ladies and led by the Indian Creek High School Marching Band. There will be a gun salute at 10:45 a.m. in the ...
CHARLESTON — Another part of Monday’s special session involved the state paying for a mistake made nearly a decade earlier during the flawed implementation of broadband grant funding. On Monday, the West Virginia Legislature passed Senate Bill 1026, one of 18 bills passed during a one-day ...
The Torchbearer Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority celebrated the 88th Founder’s Day on on April 27 at the Farm Restaurant and Pub in Adena. The opening ritual was led by Llelia Buffone, and the Founder’s Day pledge was led by Alberta Herrick. “The Power of the Dream” was ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Rev. David Pivonka, TOR, has been named the president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, officials have announced. Pivonka, a 1989 graduate,who will be the school’s seventh president, was chosen by its board of trustees Tuesday. He will succeed the Rev. Sean ...
WASHINGTON — Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers ...
This is the Fred Rogers statue, part of the Tribute to Children, at the confluence of the Monogahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has said that Pennsylvanians will be encouraged to exhibit acts of kindness today in honor of the beloved PBS children’s ...
WHEELING — Leaders of both West Virginia Northern Community College and West Liberty University signed an agreement that will make degree completion easier for students who transferred from Northern to WLU. WVNCC Interim President Michael Koon and WLU President Stephen Greiner signed a ...
STEUBENVILLE — City officials are trying to determine the extent of damage from a water line break Tuesday that left three offices in the new municipal building flooded. City Manager Jim Mavromatis said crews working on the valve replacement project came across an active water line no one ...
WELLSBURG — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey made a visit to Brooke County on Monday to visit with members of a newly founded group. Brooke County Faith Team held its monthly meeting Monday to discuss local substance abuse and recovery programs. One of the obstacles the group said ...
• Friday — Walk Off the Earth, Stage AE, Pittsburgh. • Tuesday — Juice WRLD with Ski Mask the Slump God and the Lyrical Lemonade All-Stars, Stage AE, Pittsburgh. • May 30 — The Who, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, www.livenation.com. • May 30 — Women Who Rock, Stage AE, ...
¯ Friday — Walk Off the Earth, Stage AE, Pittsburgh. ¯ Tuesday — Juice WRLD with Ski Mask the Slump God and the Lyrical Lemonade All-Stars, Stage AE, Pittsburgh. ¯ May 30 — The Who, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, www.livenation.com. ¯ May 30 — Women Who Rock, Stage AE, ...
WHEELING — A convicted sex offender worked for more than two years at Weirton Madonna High School before the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston ever conducted a background check on him, according to an amended lawsuit filed by the office of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on ...
STEUBENVILLE — New members, scholarship awards and a glimpse of the McKinley S.T.E.M. Academy making its debut in the Steubenville school system come the 2019-20 school year were highlights of the May 6 meeting of the OFWC/GFWC Woman’s Club of Steubenville, held at the YWCA of ...
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CHARLESTON — Monday’s resumption of the special session not only fixed some bill vetoed by Gov. Jim Justice in March, but also included nearly $100 million in additional funding for secondary roads in West Virginia. Three bills introduced by Justice Monday included supplemental ...
Paris Cemetery to be site of military Memorial Day service PARIS, Pa. — The Honor Guard of Slovan Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a memorial salute at the Paris Cemetery, Paris, Pa., on Memorial Day, beginning at 7:45 a.m. Board members and visitors present will place memorial flags ...
Steubenville police Arrested: Waldo Sarjeant, 46, 1629 Ridge Ave., Steubenville, bench warrant, Monday. Arrested: Destiny Waugh, 24, 916 N. 6 th St., Steubenville, warrant charging failure to appear, Monday. Waugh also cited for driving under suspension. Arrested: Ryan F. Gooch, 28, 732 ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Legislature resumed the special session Monday to fix several bills vetoed by Gov. Jim Justice in March and to make supplemental appropriations. Early Monday, Justice issued an updated proclamation adding an additional bill to the day’s agenda relating to ...
WELLSBURG — Brooke County commissioners were questioned Tuesday on the formulas used by the state to distribute funding for area road repairs. According to resident Walter Ferguson, Brooke and Hancock counties are scheduled to share $5 million to repair their secondary roads, while ...