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Brooke student receives scholarship celebrating 45 years of OVAC Band support

WHEELING — Celebrating 45 years of McDonald's support for the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Marching Band, local McDonald's Owner/Operator Bob Stoltz presented a $1,000 scholarship to Deedra Groves of Brooke High School during halftime of the OVAC All-Star Football Game on July 18 ...

Weirton Chamber brings a bit of holiday magic for annual golf scramble

NEW CUMBERLAND — The Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce brought a taste of the holidays to the Upper Ohio Valley Thursday, presenting its annual Christmas in July Golf Scramble. Twenty-two teams came out in support of the event, hitting the course on a cool, clear day. “It’s been a ...

Overturned cargo

Traffic had to be routed off of a portion of southbound Ohio Route 7 in Steubenville Thursday morning after a tractor trailer carrying a load of coal overturned, spilling its load onto the roadway. By 9:30 a.m., the truck had been lifted back onto its wheels, while another truck was brought in ...

An evening to rock

Ross Gallabrese U.S. Kids rocked the Berkman Amphitheater stage Thursday as the Fort Steuben Summer Concert Series continued. Twice as Nice opened the evening. The series of free concerts will continue next Thursday with Megan Paullet performing at 7 p.m. and Aftermath following at 8 p.m.

Steubenville Educators Rising students attend national conference

STEUBENVILLE — Six members of the Steubenville High School chapter of Educators Rising delivered presentations at the organization's national conference in Portland in June. Senior Adelyn Johnson and juniors Sara Sullivan, Stella Schiappa and Clara Hoffman submitted a paper and delivered a ...

Tents go up at old Catholic cemetery site in Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — Neither Woda Cooper Companies nor the archaeological consultant overseeing the search for more human remains at the old Catholic cemetery behind The Laundromat at the top of Washington Street Hill has produced a human remains treatment plan for city inspection, officials said Wednesday. Earlier this week, consultants discovered human remains — a jawbone and several teeth, along with "the outline of the casket, including a handle" — in a location very close to grave markers memorializing Patrick Hargrove, who died in the mid-1860s, and Bridgitt Hargrove, who died a ...