Bridgeport resident Larry Barnes, commander of American Legion Post 159 in St. Clairsville, said his service in the U.S. Army taught him about discipline, a lesson that served him well in his civilian life. But serving in Vietnam also meant he was exposed to a number of hazards. “I ended ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jeanne D’Anniballe has been donating blood for many decades. On Thursday, she reached a personal milestone. A pint D’Anniballe donated was the 120th she has given during the past 62 years. That works out to 15 gallons of blood. She said she never really set out to reach ...
STEUBENVILLE — Auditor E.J. Conn told commissioners again Thursday he cannot and will not pay Border Patrol’s $236,112 invoice for “additional restoration services” associated with the State Route 213 water line relocation, reminding them they still haven’t “cured” the way it was done without a contract, without a purchase order, without an auditor’s certificate that the funding had been appropriated and no vote taken during a public meeting. Until those “foundational defects in the procurement and authorization process” are cured, Conn again told commissioners his ...
BLOOMINGDALE — Registration is underway as adult special interest classes begin for the fall semester at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School. Director Emily Waggoner said a mixture of new and returning options are offered, from trade and industry to special interest courses. Phone registration continues Sept. 3, 8, 9 and 10, while online enrollment is available until Sept. 14. Programs will be available either for free or at a cost, and some may also require supplies. Space is limited. “We have quite a handful of new classes that we are offering this fall. Not only are we ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — A man accused of embezzling from a local youth sports organization will be heading to Circuit Court. David Andrew Brown, 54, of Chester, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Hancock County Magistrate Court Thursday morning before Magistrate Steve Svokas. Arrested in ...
STEUBENVILLE — The 2026 Festival of Friendship, a weekend-long series of conversations, exhibits and performances, will take place from 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18 through noon Sept. 20 at the Studio, 36 Villa Drive, Steubenville. Sponsored by the nonprofit organization Revolution of Tenderness and organized by a group of friends from the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation, the festival will explore the theme of listening and belonging. Drawing its title from a poem by e.e. cummings, “(now the ears of my ears awake and / now the eyes of my eyes are opened),” the festival will ...
