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Lions to hold membership drive FOLLANSBEE — The Follansbee Lions Club will hold a picnic from 4:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Friday at the Lions Shelter in Follansbee Park. The group welcomes anyone interested in joining their efforts to help serve the community to attend. Information will be ...

Recovery center to open in October

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STEUBENVILLE — Area residents grappling with addiction are about three months away from being able to access detox and residential treatment services in their own back yard, an opportunity community leaders say is long overdue. The Milton Jefferson Recovery Center is expected to be up and ...

Jefferson County grand jury hands down indictments

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STEUBENVILLE — A man who allegedly sped across state lines to avoid arrest and another who bilked homeowners looking for a contractor out of several thousand dollars each were among the eight people indicted recently by the Jefferson County grand jury. Grand jurors also returned an amended ...

Hardesty back as W.Va. Board of Education President

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CHARLESTON — Wednesday’s regular monthly meeting of the West Virginia Board of Education saw a changing of the guard, as members voted in Paul Hardesty for a second stint as state board president. Hardesty was voted in unanimously to the role of president of the West Virginia Board of ...

New Cumberland taking a gander at goose issue

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NEW CUMBERLAND — New Cumberland Council is hoping officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture can assist in alleviating the community of its growing goose population. As part of their meeting Monday, council members agreed to enter into an agreement with the USDA’s Wildlife ...