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City school board to meet
STEUBENVILLE -- The Steubenville Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at the board offices, 611 N. Fourth St.
Planning Commission meeting canceled
WEIRTON - This month’s regular meeting of the Weirton Planning Commission has been canceled for a lack of agenda items.
Trunk-or-treat planned
WEIRTON - The Weirton Heights Church of Christ has planned a trunk-or-treat event, to begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church located at 3169 Pennsylvania Ave., Weirton.
The public is welcome to attend.
Brooke board to meet
WELLSBURG -- The Brooke County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday.
The meeting will be held at the board offices, 1201 Pleasant Ave.
Investigation ongoing in fatal Hancock County fire
CHESTER - An investigation is under way following a fatal structure fire Monday morning.
Hancock County dispatch received a call just after 7 a.m. Monday of a house fire at 5684 Washington School Road, with a report of one person and animals unaccounted for. Crews from Lawrenceville and Chester volunteer fire departments were the first to respond, followed by Newell.
After the fire was extinguished, a search of the debris located a body inside the structure. The West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office is working to confirm identification.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office, with assistance from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.