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‘Clue’ closes playhouse season

WELLSBURG — Get ready for a night of spine-tingling suspense and side-splitting laughter as Brooke Hills Playhouse presents "Clue." Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and the classic Hasbro board game, this hilarious farce-meets-murder-mystery will keep audience members ...

WMC Foundation launches Building a Healthier Community Grants Program

WEIRTON — As WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center makes historic investments in the future of health care, it also is investing directly in the communities it serves. The newly established WMC Foundation Inc., the philanthropic arm of WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center, has launched its inaugural Building a Healthier Community Grants Program, providing funding opportunities for nonprofit organizations working to improve the health and well-being of residents throughout the region. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 4. Eligible organizations may serve Hancock, Brooke and ...

Celebrating the nation

Contributed Members of the New Alexandria-based Buckeye Ruritans held a celebration of America's 250th birthday on Aug. 1 at the park. The event included an off-road vehicle parade, food, games, face painting and music by Dusty Carpenter. Organizers added the celebration was designed to ...

Wheeling’s Gateway Center gets final funding to break ground

WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey believes Wheeling “has a story to be told,” and on Tuesday he announced the additional state funding needed to break ground on the Gateway Center Visitor and Heritage Center planned for downtown. Wheeling will receive a $3.2 million ...

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HOME Consortium interest sought WELLSBURG – The Brooke County Commission continues to seek interest in one vacant position on the Northern Panhandle HOME Consortium Council. Those interested in the position are asked to submit a letter of interest to the Brooke County Clerk's Office. The HOME Consortium is a federal housing partnership which pools grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in support of affordable housing programs.JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY TO MEET STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Port Authority’s board of directors will hold its ...

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Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Vicious circle: A woman who walked away from Trinity West after her arrest earlier in the day was located Monday in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, police report. Melissa Marker, 39, 1402 Ridge Ave., was taken into custody for escape. Police said as they approached, “people nearby began yelling for (her) to run,” but she was taken into custody as she tried to exit a residence through the back door. Marker claimed “she ate a glass vile containing fentanyl,” and even though her tongue wasn’t bloody and she showed no sign of having ingested ...