CHARLESTON - Members of the commission that oversees changes to West Virginia's Capitol Complex held a special meeting Tuesday required under the terms of a settlement in a legal case involving the installation of murals in 2024. The Capitol Building Commission and voted to re-approve the ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Wellesley Avenue resurfacing project will likely get under way in mid- to late July, Engineer Mike Dolak reports. NLS Paving of St. Clairsville was recommended as the contractor, bidding $527,000 for the job — nearly $80,000 under the engineer’s estimate of $604,000. The project entails paving Wellesley from University to Franklin, Franklin to Carnegie and Carnegie to Belleview. Because grant funding is involved — $299,000 from the Ohio Public Works Commission — the work cannot begin until July 1, after the state’s new fiscal year begins. “We won’t ...
Courtney Johnson has long engaged students in literature as an English teacher at Indian Creek Middle School, but now she’s started a new chapter by penning her first novel. Johnson, who has instructed seventh graders at ICMS for the past nine years, self-published her tome, “Beneath ...
FOLLANSBEE – City officials are looking for an extra boost in order to move forward on a long-planned water improvement project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently opened bids on the project, which had been reconfigured after a round of bids held last fall came in at approximately $9.5 million. The latest round of bids, held by the Army Corps as a condition of the project, also came in slightly over. “We're about $500,000 over,” Mayor Scott McMahon explained during Follansbee Council's April 13 regular meeting. As part of the project, the city was providing $1 ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Rotary Club of Steubenville continued its annual spring tradition of recognizing the area’s top high school seniors last week. The club presented its annual Service Above Self Scholarships during a meeting at the JeffCo Event Center. Receiving the $1,000 awards this ...
NEW CUMBERLAND – Oak Glen High School recently hosted the 62nd induction ceremony of the Regina Wehner Chapter of the National Honor Society in the school's Little Theater, welcoming 46 new members and recognizing the accomplishments of 42 existing members. The chapter is guided by ...
