State and local transportation and emergency officials are encouraging area residents to avoid travel and take other precautions as a cold front bringing heavy snow and subzero temperatures is poised to enter the Tri-State Area. Andrew Kienzle, a meteorologist with the National Weather ...

A series of new Ohio election laws aimed at removing non-citizens from voting roles violates federal law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and other groups said Thursday. Senate Bill 293, signed into law last month, orders the Ohio secretary of state to complete “comparison ...

NEW CUMBERLAND — Pending any issues because of the weather, the first meeting of the Hancock County Board of Education since the district was taken over by the state is set for Monday evening. The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center, with an ...

The Steubenville Board of Education named its leaders for 2026 with William Hendricks and Matt Davis serving as board president and vice president. The school board held its organizational and regular meetings on Jan. 14 to approve operational and other matters. The board includes, from left, ...

STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s proclamation of 2026 as the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi in honor of the 800th anniversary of his death. To celebrate, the university has designated several chapels on campus as pilgrimage destinations ...

WELLSBURG — Brooke County Sheriff Rich Beatty said foul play isn’t suspected in the death of a Weirton man who fell from a railroad bridge Tuesday night. The Brooke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a man, later identified as 38-year-old William Fetty of Weirton, ...