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Indian Creek pupil to compete in national bee

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MINGO JUNCTION — Kaden Haddox, a sixth-grader at Indian Creek Middle School, will represent the area in the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee this week. Haddox, the son of Nick and Jessica Haddox of Steubenville, is advancing to the national competition after winning the ...

Commissioners approve $213K in grant funds for recreation

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STEUBENVILLE — A little more than $213,000 in recreation grants was distributed to cities, villages and townships across Jefferson County this week, just about half of what those communities had requested. Commissioners said it wasn’t easy. “I think we had a little less money this ...

VOICES OF VALOR: Brockman had long, varied military career

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WELLSBURG — The executive director of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum and Education Center said like many veterans, his military experience, “wasn’t like in the movies. You don’t realize that until they tell you what to do.” Jim Brockman’s 10-year career in ...

Weirton Lions honor area philanthropist

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WEIRTON –– If given the choice, Tom Banketas probably would not have been there at all on that particular Tuesday evening inside Giovanni’s Restaurant in Weirton. No, it wasn’t because of the rainy weather outside. Nor was it because he was unappreciative of the honor that was about ...

Judge’s patience wearing thin with the owners of Heritage Place

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STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese made it clear Thursday his patience is wearing thin with the owners of Steubenville’s Heritage Place, telling their new on-site property manager, “You’re going to have to do better than that.” Heritage Place, the affordable ...