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Fire district budget meeting set WINTERSVILLE — A public hearing on the 2027 Seven Reanges Joint Fire District will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will be held at the 911 Center, 300 Airport Road, Wintersville. The regular board meeting will follow. WVNCC announces lists for spring semester WHEELING — West Virginia Northern Community College has announced the following students have achieved academic honors for the spring semester. Earning spots on the president's list, which includes students who maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in a minimum of 12 credit hours, ...

Perkins named Brooke board president

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WELLSBURG — Antoinette Perkins truly enjoys being a part of the education system in Brooke County. "I have been very blessed to be here and to have been able to teach so many great students in Brooke County schools during my career," Perkins said Monday evening, shortly after being named as ...

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Recent Birthdays July 6  Lisa Cumming, Bloomingdale  July 6  Lisa Cumming, Bloomingdale  Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Harasser: An Arlington Avenue man reported a man on his street was harassing children Friday. The caller said the man “was highly intoxicated” and the kids reported he almost struck one of them. The caller said he heard the man telling the kids “not to come back down there” and one of the kids cried, so he confronted the man, who he said “began threatening (him), stating that he would hit him with his Razor and insulting him.” Police spoke ...

Brooke Hills Playhouse fires up the stage

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WELLSBURG — Get ready to sing along and feel the beat of country music's biggest hits when Brooke Hills Playhouse presents "May We All: A New Country Musical," a heartwarming story packed with small-town pride and massive musical energy. Co-written by Troy Britton Johnson, Todd Johnson and ...

New Cumberland Council addressing tree concerns

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NEW CUMBERLAND – City officials plan to address issues with some dead, or fallen, trees in the community, after being approached by a resident with concerns for his family’s safety. “There’s three trees on South Chestnut and two in Eden Valley,” Mayor Will White said during ...

Steubenville Council opts for 'collaborative approach' to opportunity zone application

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STEUBENVILLE — After much discussion, council decided that City Manager Mike Johnson should represent them in discussions pertaining to a “collaborative” application for an opportunity zone designation that could cross municipal boundary lines. Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts where private investors “can receive tax incentives for putting capital into local businesses and real estate.” Applications are due this week. All agreed a tract that “essentially covers the majority of the downtown area, as well as the area where Franciscan University is ...