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Wellsburg officials discuss plans for opioid funds

WELLSBURG – The Wellsburg Finance Committee met in a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to review its options for funding derived from West Virginia's opioid settlement funds, before taking a formal vote during the city council meeting later that night. “Our police officers have put in for ...

WVU economic researcher highlights needs for region

WEIRTON – An economic researcher from West Virginia University continues to see potential for the tri-county area, but says a lot of work is needed before success can be realized. John Deskins, Ph.D., director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research within the John Chambers College ...

Police Reports for October 14, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Rolling stop: A motorist who didn’t put her vehicle in park before she got out of it at PNC Bank was injured Monday when it rolled backward, hit her and then came to rest against a fence. She told police she pulled up in front of the main entrance and got out, and when the vehicle began drifting backwards it “caused her to fall underneath (it).” Police said her leg and arm were injured, so she was taken to the hospital for treatment. Didn’t want help: The manager of a store in the 900 block of N. 7th Street reported a clerk had a run in with a “younger ...

Sycamore Center satellite location, The Ark, offers a place to grow

WINTERSVILLE — Bobbyjon Bauman spent a portion of last Thursday afternoon doing one of the things he likes — he was leading a group of third- and fourth-graders in song. The 15 or so students from Cross Creek Elementary School were enjoying themselves as Bauman and his staff talked them ...