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Weir High’s Bricker receives leadership award

WEIRTON — Morgan Bricker, adviser of the Journalism Education Association at Weir High School, is this year’s winner of the Candace and John Bowen Adviser First Amendment Leadership Award. The annual award recognizes a member whose work has actively supported, defended and fought for student journalists and their advisers on the local, state or national level. Endowed by long-time student press rights crusaders Candace Perkins Bowen, John Bowen and Tom Eveslage, the award was presented to Bricker, the JEA’s West Virginia state director and member of the Scholastic Press Rights ...

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Veterans commission to meet STEUBENVILLE –– The regular monthly meeting of the Veterans Service Commission of Jefferson County will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will take place at 500 Market St., Suite 310 in Steubenville. All veterans and interested parties are welcome to attend. Drawing to help humane foundation STEUBENVILLE — A Valentine’s Day drawing to benefit the Hancock County Humane Foundation will take place Saturday live on Facebook from 7 Ranges Entertainment. The winner will receive an autographed Travis Kelce football jersey from the Kansas ...

Celebrating 100 days of school

Students in the Steubenville City School District celebrated 100 days of school Jan. 28. A variety of activities highlighted the occasion. Pugliese West pupils, above, were “One in a Minion” as they dressed up as the popular movie characters on their 100th day of school. Taking part were, ...

Seniors set to celebrate Valentine’s Day

TORONTO — The Toronto Sunrise Seniors met Jan. 23, with President Barbara Pritts opening the meeting by welcoming members and guest Ed Sheets. Co-Chaplain Mary Lou Emery gave the blessing before the meal, which featured submarine sandwiches and a variety of side dishes and desserts. Following dinner, the group thanked the kitchen committee, comprised of Hank and Laura Sheets and several volunteers. Don Pritts sold 50/50 tickets. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, after which Secretary Karen Martin read the minutes of the Jan. 9 meeting. Treasurer Lynn Miller gave the financial ...

Honoring first responders

The year 2026 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, as well as the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93. Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Steuben Chapter, have already begun honoring first responders as their way of saying thank you for all they do on a daily basis and for risking their lives to help the people within their community. DAR officials announced a display has been set up inside the Mary H. Weir Public Library in Weirton as a way for area residents to express their ...

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Franciscan to host webinars STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville will host a three-part public webinar series introducing the mission and vision of its Institute for the Study of Man and Woman and exploring the nature of man and woman through theology, natural science and the social sciences. Presented in collaboration with the university’s Catechetical Institute, the introductory-level series offers an accessible, inter-disciplinary framework for beginning to understand Christian anthropology in light of contemporary cultural, scientific and social ...