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• Cove Presbyterian Church: "The Trinity at Work" • Finley Church: "Embracing Our New Identity" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield" • Memorial Baptist Church: "Dinner at Matthew's House" • St. Paul's Church: "It's All a Package" • Two Ridges Presbyterian Church: "The Greatest Treasure" • Winterville Methodist Church: "Testimony" • Zion United Church of Christ: "Predestined to Pray"

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Steubenville alley resurfacing project to begin Sunday STEUBENVILLE — The City of Steubenville will begin the 2026 Downtown Alley Street Resurfacing Project Sunday, July 26, with overnight paving scheduled from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly throughout the week, weather permitting. Work will include the Commercial Street Alley from North Street to South Street and the Court Street Alley from Washington Street to South Street. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes. The streets will be posted as “No Parking” in advance, and vehicles left in the area will be towed at the ...

Community Briefs

Backpack give-away planned WHEELING — With budget constraints posing one of the biggest challenges for back-to-school shopping, Steubenville- and Wheeling-area Verizon Wireless stores will give away hundreds of free backpacks at 1 p.m. Sunday. Participating Verizon authorized retailer locations include: - 2203 Sunset Blvd., Suite 3, Steubenville; - 864 Main St., Wintersville; - 40 Fort Henry Road, The Highlands, Triadelphia; and - 241 Three Springs Drive, Suite 2021, Weirton. Verizon authorized retailer Round Room LLC will host its 14th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway, ...

Contraguerro honored as 2026 Italian American of the Year

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival prepares to kick off this weekend, board members, sponsors, friends and family gathered Wednesday evening at Undo's West to honor Bob Contraguerro Jr., the festival's 2026 Italian American of the Year. Contraguerro, ...

Supreme Court asked to legalize home whiskey distilleries

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to legalize home whiskey distilleries in the United States by a conservative-leaning think tank in Ohio. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, the 6th Circuit upheld the federal ban. The federal government said the law is constitutional because it was enacted to prevent tax evasion and that it would be easier for a distiller working out of their home to conceal the business and therefore avoid paying taxes. On Monday, the Buckeye Institute filed ...

Amish man sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for rape

WOODSFIELD – An Amish man convicted of the rape of his two daughters was sentenced Tuesday to 31 years to life in prison. Albert Hochstetler was recently convicted of two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition after his two daughters came forward with the information that ...