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Libraries close for holiday WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Library will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. Cross Creek board to meet WINTERSVILLE — The Cross Creek Township Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the board office, located at 1267 ...

Development focus for Steubenville Council

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STEUBENVILLE — Steubenville Council Tuesday heard from developers interested in building a Dollar General store at the city’s South End and received an update from a Jefferson County commissioner on the future of the Eastern Gateway Community College campus. Tony Morelli, president of the ...

‘In God We Trust’ to be displayed in Hancock County Schools

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NEW CUMBERLAND — In following a new state code, all buildings within the Hancock County Schools system soon will include signage displaying the words “In God We Trust.” Introduced in February by state Sen. Mike Azinger, R-Wood, Senate Bill 280 amended state code to require the phrase ...

W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Armstead dead at age 60

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CHARLESTON — Tim Armstead, a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the first Republican speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates in more than 80 years, died Tuesday after a prolonged battle with cancer. According to the state Supreme Court of Appeals, Armstead, ...

Driver killed in Robinson hit-and-run identified

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The Washington County coroner has identified the victim of Monday’s hit-and-run accident in Robinson Township. According to Coroner Timothy Warco, 46-year-old Brian Everhart was outside of his vehicle when he was struck by another driver. A report from Warco states that Everhart had ...