STEUBENVILLE — Sherrod Brown says campaign stops in Eastern Ohio communities are a big part of any statewide campaign. “They are important because people in this part of the state don't have a voice,” Brown, who is looking to return to the U.S. Senate, said Monday while speaking with ...
STEUBENVILLE — Making sure area children have the basic supplies and other items they need when they head back to school is important. That's the message organizers of Monday's Classrooms and Community event wanted to share. Held by the Jefferson County Young Professionals in partnership ...
FOLLANSBEE – New garbage collection regulations are set to go into effect in Follansbee at the end of the month, and city officials are reminding residents and businesses to make sure they are prepared. City Manager Chris Manack-Stover said letters have been sent to the community explaining the pending changes, which include an increase in rates approved by Follansbee Council earlier this year. “People have been notified,” she said during the Aug. 3 Council-as-a-whole meeting. Copies of the information also will be available at the Follansbee City Building and the city’s ...
HARLESTON – CHANGE, Inc. is set to receive a portion of $2.1 million in Child Advocacy Center grants announced by Gov. Patrick Morrisey Saturday. The local organization has been awarded $89,016.53 in support of its Comfort House operations, with staff working with law enforcement, prosecutors, social workers, child protective services workers and health workers to serve victims of child abuse in Hancock and Brooke counties. The funding is part of $2,128,850.88 announced for 22 projects and organizations in West Virginia. “Protecting West Virginia's children is one of our most ...
CHARLESTON - Officials with the West Virginia Department of Health are working quickly to make sure the nearly $200 million first-year award for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program is obligated by an Oct. 31 deadline, but lawmakers had questions about current contracts. Dr. Arvin ...
WEIRTON – For another year, officers with the Weirton Police Department will walk the halls of the three public schools located in the city. Weirton Council, during its meeting Monday, unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the continuation of an agreement with Hancock County Schools ...
