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Brooke commission set to begin awarding of opioid funds

WELLSBURG – Following several months of discussion and review, Brooke County commissioners could begin their distribution of opioid settlement funds in the coming weeks. The county has received requests from 13 area organizations – a total of $2,302,275.65 - each hoping for a share of the ...

Working to share our history

STEUBENVILLE — Museums should be about more than just storing things. That's one of the reasons Ed Palombizio is excited about the Jefferson County Historical Association's involvement with a project that is looking to help preserve the stories of Italian immigrants from across the ...

Weirton Council re-examining parking ordinance proposal

WEIRTON – Weirton Council is taking a second look at an ordinance, presented earlier this month and designed to address concerns with the parking and storage of vehicles on unimproved areas, before moving it toward final passage. Council met in a work session Tuesday, deciding to form a ...

Hancock County Schools ready to meet Third Grade Success Act requirements

NEW CUMBERLAND — After preparing for the last few years, Hancock County Schools officials say they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the state's Third Grade Success Act. "We have been on a journey with House Bill 3035 for more than four years," explained Erica Sauer, director of ...

Fleming has impact on young people

STEUBENVILLE — Chevy McGee has plans — big plans, the kind that involve graduating from high school, going to college, playing football and pursuing a degree. Those are lofty ambitions for a kid who, in his middle school years, didn't think it was in the cards for him. "I was doing some bad things in middle school," he said. "I wasn't paying attention, I was getting bad grades. I made some mistakes in my life, mistakes I regret still to this day, but I got past it … I see where I am now." Back then he would go to the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in his free time ...

Trey Zambito named Brooke High School principal

WELLSBURG — Earlier this month, Trey Zambito was named interim head principal at Brooke High School. On Monday night, members of the Brooke County Board of Education voted to remove the interim from his title. In a 4-0 vote, board members approved Superintendent Jeffrey Crook's ...