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Perkins named Brooke board president

WELLSBURG — Antoinette Perkins truly enjoys being a part of the education system in Brooke County. "I have been very blessed to be here and to have been able to teach so many great students in Brooke County schools during my career," Perkins said Monday evening, shortly after being named as ...

Spartan Car Show coming

SMITHFIELD — Nostalgia, cars, food and oldies will be on tap for the second Spartan Car Show at Smithfield Stadium, 69 Stadium Road, Smithfield. The show will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and is sponsored by the Smithfield Historical Society. Dash plaques will be given to the first ...

Steubenville Council opts for 'collaborative approach' to opportunity zone application

STEUBENVILLE — After much discussion, council decided that City Manager Mike Johnson should represent them in discussions pertaining to a “collaborative” application for an opportunity zone designation that could cross municipal boundary lines. Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts where private investors “can receive tax incentives for putting capital into local businesses and real estate.” Applications are due this week. All agreed a tract that “essentially covers the majority of the downtown area, as well as the area where Franciscan University is ...

Women's golf

Monday Night League HOOKSTOWN, Pa. — The women of the Monday Night Ladies League on Monday played the back nine at Poderosa Golf Course. The play of the day was a scramble. The winning team was Brenda Hartley, Denise Augustine and Laura Froehlich. The winners of the skill prizes were Tammy Jackson for long drive on hole No.13, and Tammy Koutsky who won the prize for closest to the pin on the second shot. Town and Country EAST SPRINGFIELD — The Town and Country Ladies League played a scramble on June 28. Some teams were mae up of two players, some had three and some had four ...

Wheeling Independence Hall Site Director Debbie Jones Retiring

WHEELING – West Virginia Independence Hall site director Debbie Jones will be retiring from her job later this year. Her last day will be Oct. 31. Jones took over as site director at WVIH in May 2016, and said leaving will be “bittersweet.” “You work to retire, in my opinion,” she ...