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May 10: 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 Steubenville Retired Teachers meeting for May has been canceled. ¯ The Franciscan University of Steubenville Women’s Scholarship Guild’s annual Spring Into Spring fundraising event that had been scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. ¯ The Public Employee Retiree Inc. meeting for Wednesday has been canceled. ¯ The Jefferson County Safety Council announced that the May Safety Council meetings have been canceled. ¯ ...

Lawmakers try to limit executive powers

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican-controlled legislatures are increasingly trying to strip Democratic governors of their executive authority to close businesses and schools, an effort by lawmakers that channels frustration over the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic but could come with ...

Roy Horn of Sigfried & Roy dies at age 75 of coronavirus

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement released by publicist Dave Kirvin. “Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Siegfried Fischbacher said in the statement. “From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no ...

Rally to protest shutdown planned in Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — Free Ohio Now has decided to move forward with a rally today protesting the COVID-19 mandates that shut much of the state down. Local businesswoman Leslie Icuss said Friday the group wants to ensure that future decisions will be made legislatively, not by the governor or public health director. “This group is about keeping our freedom and not being able to be dictated to,” Icuss said. “Going forward, we don’t want executive actions and government orders, we want the freedom to make our own decisions based on real information and not biased numbers.” The ...

Steubenville diocese to resume daily Mass on May 18

STEUBENVILLE — The Diocese of Steubenville reports it will celebrate daily public Masses again beginning May 18, with plans to resume public Sunday liturgies on Pentecost weekend, May 30-31. The diocese suspended public Masses on March 16 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Across the ...

May 9: 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 26th-annual Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park dinner auction set for today at the Hopedale VFD Social Hall has been postponed until Oct. 24. ¯ The Steubenville Retired Teachers meeting for May has been canceled. ¯ The Franciscan University of Steubenville Women’s Scholarship Guild’s annual Spring Into Spring fundraising event that had been scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. ¯ The Public Employee ...