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STEUBENVILLE POLICE No problem: A Pittsburgh Street resident said her neighbor “was drunk and her kids were outside yelling that they were hungry” Friday. Police said the mom was actually on the porch with two of her kids and appeared capable of carrying for her children, and all appeared happy and health. Stay away: A city resident told police Friday her child’s father is harassing and threatening her. She said she hadn’t spoken to him in a month and has him blocked on social media due to past domestic violence issues, but his mother dropped him off at her residence. She ...

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Contributed Sixth-grade students from St.Paul School in Weirton were recognized for their score on the W.Va. Samara test, a statewide annual environmental education assessment given to sixth-grade students. It aims to increase students' awareness of conservation, natural resources, and ...

Pickin’ and grinnin’ in Steubenville: Williamson Branch brings bluegrass to Sycamore Youth Center

STEUBENVILLE — One of Nashville’s premier family bluegrass bands is headed to Steubenville for a day of music, learning and family fun as the Sycamore Youth Center hosts a free concert and educational workshops featuring the nationally recognized group Williamson Branch on June 5. The award-winning family band will perform a free concert at 5:30 p.m. at Leonardo’s Outdoor Stage in Steubenville. Earlier in the day, Williamson Branch members will lead two free workshops at the Sycamore Youth Center, including a clogging workshop from 1:15-2 p.m. and a fiddle workshop from 2-2:45 ...

Rivers earns silver at State SkillsUSA contest

Katie Rivers’ hard work paid off as she earned a silver medal during the Ohio SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference this month. Rivers, a junior in the auto collision technology program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, earned high honors during the event May 5-6. A majority of the contests were held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, but her competition took place at an area business. She was among 20 students from across Ohio and one of only several females in her category. Although she did not advance to nationals in Georgia, Rivers said she was proud ...

PULPIT: What is molding you?

The world around us continuously is at work molding and forming us as it sees fit. You may push back on that statement, but think about your hairstyle or your style of clothing, or the design of the car you drive. Our culture defines for us what is acceptable and what is obsolete or “out of style.” In the 1980s, when I was in college, nobody would have dreamed of wearing bell-bottoms, which were very much in style just a few years earlier, but we wore parachute pants. In the 1970s, long straight hair was popular for guys and girls. I remember my uncle tried to straighten his ...

Pope’s AI warnings match Americans’ responses

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, on Monday continued the legacy of his predecessor with a social encyclical addressing artificial intelligence – as much a pivotal challenge as a welcomed technological advance to the 21st century. He didn’t argue against use of it; rather, he encouraged ways to engage “for the common good” while also to “remain human.” “Humanity – in all its grandeur and woundedness – must never be replaced or surpassed,” Leo wrote in Magnifica Humanitas, the Latin for Magnificent Humanity. “We can embrace the technological progress that alleviates ...