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New Buckeye Local Panther Den a showcase for art

RAYLAND — Young artists at Buckeye Local Junior-Senior High School have a new place to showcase their work that is complemented by two wall-size murals created by an area artist known for his efforts on even larger “canvases.” Visitors to the first Buckeye Local Junior-Senior High ...

Caboose Project Rolls Toward Bellaire

BELLAIRE – A bright blue caboose that once trailed the rails of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will soon find new life in Bellaire — not as a relic, but as a centerpiece of the community’s past and future. The B&O Caboose Restoration Project is an initiative by the Great Stone Viaduct ...

Briefs

JVS Board of Education to meet The Board of Education of the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School District will hold its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, 1509 County Highway 22A, Bloomingdale, Ohio. Weirton Council to vote on levy rates The Weirton City Council will hold a public hearing at 9:45 a.m. April 21, then hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. April 21 to vote on the levy rates for 2026-27. Follansbee council to meet There will be a special meeting of ...

Happenings

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Not his first rodeo: A Spring Avenue resident reported someone was “tied up in the basement of an abandoned building” Monday in the 200 block of S. 4th Street. Police said he “was intoxicated and left the area,” but they checked a number o abandoned properties anyway and didn’t find anyone in distress. He’d made a similar complaint earlier in the week at the same location. Drugs: Police responding to reports of a male in distress in a restroom at the mall Monday said he was “banging his head against the wall” and making concerning statements. He told ...

Edison DI teams advance to Global Finals

RICHMOND — Two Edison Jr./Sr. High Destination Imagination teams have proven their mettle at the state level and are now headed to the Global Finals in May. The freshmen team “Us” and the seventh-grade group “I Forgot Their Names” both excelled at the recent competition in ...

All Sin Is Serious: A Lesson from Numbers 21

If you were going to compile a list of sins and rate them from minor sins to those that were more serious, you would probably be able to easily list the sins that you consider serious. Sins like murder, adultery, stealing, and worshipping false gods probably come to mind because they are part of the 10 Commandments. But the trouble with that list and the idea of categorizing sins this way is that all sins are serious! In Numbers 21:5-6 we read: “5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no ...