WELLSBURG — Brooke County commissioners have agreed to seek proposals for its employee insurance plans. Commissioners, during their meeting Thursday, unanimously agreed to open the insurance programs to other providers in order to obtain quotes for health, dental and vision coverage for ...
STEUBENVILLE — A Steubenville man is in custody in Pennsylvania and faces charges in connection with a Tuesday evening shooting on Hollywood Boulevard that left another man injured and prompted a multi-agency investigation. Police Chief Ken Anderson said Deonbre Bailey-Anderson, 24, was taken into custody Wednesday with assistance from the Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and Swissvale police departments. Bailey-Anderson is being charged with having a weapon under disability, Anderson said. “Our detectives determined that the incident stemmed from an altercation between multiple ...
WEIRTON — Representatives of the city’s law enforcement community were joined by family, friends, officials and fellow first responders in front of the Weirton Municipal Building Wednesday in observance of National Police Week. Elder Michael Smith stood before the officers offering a ...
WHEELING — West Virginia Northern Community College will celebrate the achievements of its graduating class during its 2026 commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday at WesBanco Arena. The ceremony will feature CJ Goodwin as the commencement speaker and recognize Kate Nguyen, an accounting student originally from Saigon, Vietnam, as the 2026 class valedictorian. A total of 320 graduates will be recognized during the ceremony, with 335 certificates and degrees to be awarded across a wide range of academic programs. Nguyen will graduate with an associate of applied science degree in ...
STEUBENVILLE – A water slide isn’t going to be one of the attractions when Steubenville’s newly revamped Belleview Pool reopens for the summer. The slide, manufactured in Canada, is equipped with railings that don’t meet U.S. safety standards. Council members have said they didn’t authorize the purchase and aren’t sure who did and that they learned of it only after it had been delivered. But City Manager Mike Johnson said he learned from the Ohio Department of Health Tuesday that the pool can’t open unless the slide can pass inspection—and the slide won’t pass ...
WEIRTON — A partnership designed to provide opportunities for a group of local youths celebrated the accomplishments of its first class of participants Wednesday. Officials and staff with WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center and Hancock County Schools gathered in the hospital’s Purewal ...
