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June 20: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Cancer Dietary Initiative has canceled its annual fundraiser golf scramble that had been scheduled for June 26 at Red Oaks Golf Course. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled what would have been its rescheduled casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the ...

Bennigan’s in Steubenville closed after employee tests positive for coronavirus

STEUBENVILLE — Bennigan’s is closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, franchisee Franco Carapellotti said Thursday. Carapellotti said no other staff members are experiencing symptoms, “but we are currently working with the Jefferson County Health Department to monitor those employees.” “There are still a few dominoes that need to fall, but I’m assuming that we’ll be open by the end of the month,” Carapellotti said. “We want to make sure all of our employees fulfill the 14-day quarantine obligation before returning. We’ve been working ...

June 19: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Cancer Dietary Initiative has canceled its annual fundraiser golf scramble that had been scheduled for June 26 at Red Oaks Golf Course. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled what would have been its rescheduled casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the ...

June 18: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Cancer Dietary Initiative has canceled its annual fundraiser golf scramble that had been scheduled for June 26 at Red Oaks Golf Course. ¯ Cadiz’s annual fireworks display has been canceled. ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center has canceled what would have been its rescheduled casino night fundraiser on July 18 at the ...

Concert postponed in Steubenville; Independence Day fireworks a go

STEUBENVILLE — Thursday night's Summer Concert Series kickoff has been postponed, but city officials have been given the go-ahead to schedule Independence Day fireworks at Historic Fort Steuben Park on July 2. Steubenville Mayor and Historic Fort Steuben President Jerry Barilla said he's glad they can make plans for fireworks, but they'd thought they were in the clear to launch the Summer Concert Series at the Berkman Amphitheater when they agreed to require concert-goers to practice social distancing, sit in chairs or on blankets and request they wear masks, but it wasn't enough. He ...

Midwest donation centers see influx of clothes

Thrift stores across the Midwest are seeing an influx of donations, which officials attribute to the length of time people have spent at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. In isolation, many people have been sorting through their things and completing household renovations and improvements that may have otherwise been put off even longer. The pandemic has allowed them to complete those tasks, and while that means an abundance of donations coming into thrift centers, that also means those stores can turn around and sell the items for a profit. MICHIGAN A full parking lot at a thrift ...