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DeWine vetoes bill requiring photo ID for mail voting in Ohio

Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail. DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023. The Republican ...

Mingo’s Bailey takes top Odd Fellows post

MARTINS FERRY — Unified Bank Senior IT Administrator John Bailey, a Mingo Junction resident, has been elected and installed as Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of West Virginia, the highest elected leadership position within the Encampment branch of the Independent Order of Odd ...

Weirton to celebrate Disability Independence

WEIRTON — For the third year, the Weirton community is invited to come together and celebrate the differences and similarities of all residents. “We're about a month away from our week-long celebration,” Weirton Assistant City Manager DeeAnn Pulliam said. The third annual Disability ...

Falling concrete prompts closures around Sinclair Building

STEUBENVILLE — City officials are warning pedestrians to steer clear of the Sinclair Building at Fourth and Market after chunks of potentially deadly concrete fell onto the sidewalk this week. City Manager Mike Johnson said the sidewalk, the westbound turning lane on Market Street and the ...

ARTISTIC TRIBUTE

Craig Howell A new mural is in the works on the southern wall of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2716 in Weirton. Paying tribute to the nation's military veterans, the mural is being painted by Oak Glen graduate Sarah Robinson, with support from the City of Weirton and the Top of West ...

Hardesty warns WV school funding headed for ‘the rocks’

CHARLESTON - West Virginia has lost the enrollment equivalent of six full counties in a single year, a crisis that state Board of Education President Paul Hardesty warns will lead to financial disaster unless state leaders modernize the school aid formula. In a conference call Wednesday ...