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 ...
WELLSBURG — The search for a new member of the Brooke County Board of Education came to an end Tuesday evening, when board members unanimously voted to choose Fatima Smuck to fill the open spot on the board. "The board of education decided on her," Superintendent Jeffrey Crook said after ...
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 ...
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 ...
STEUBENVILLE — What began as a dream in 2019 has finally come true and will give area young people a chance to enjoy outdoor activities. Those plans brought supporters, community leaders and representatives from the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce together Tuesday afternoon for the ...
STEUBENVILLE — Mayor Ralph Petrella told City Council Tuesday they need to update the city’s comprehensive and CDBG community action plans if they’re going to have any shot at getting government grant dollars. Petrella said he and Fourth Ward Councilman Royal Mayo recently met with Housing and Urban Development state and federal officials who told them they won’t have a prayer of tapping into the grant pool without having a new comprehensive plan in place. “The comprehensive plan is of the utmost importance,” he said. “It lays out (our plans) for government agencies and ...
