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Students decorate ODOT plows for America's 250th

STEUBENVILLE — Area residents may notice a patriotic touch on Ohio Department of Transportation snowplows this winter as four blades painted by Jefferson County students commemorate America's 250th birthday. The plows were decorated through ODOT's annual Paint-the-Plow program, which this ...

Reporter's Notebook: One is the loneliest number

As the old song says, one is the loneliest number. So, it must be pretty lonely for James Paul, the former executive director of the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board, being Gov. Patrick Morrisey's lone appointment to the state Board of Education. Morrisey named Paul as his first appointment to the 12-member board in February, succeeding long-time member and retired Catholic schools educator Debra Sullivan, whose term was up. Paul is the director of state education opportunity for the America First Policy Institute. In 2022, the state Professional Charter School Board ...

JCESC Road to Success reaches milestone with 500th student driver

STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Educational Service Center Road to Success program has proven its worth, now celebrating the 500th student who has taken the course and will go on to earn a driver’s license. Active since September 2024, Road to Success instructors are based in ...

TANF Tug of War: Lawmakers reject Morrisey’s crisis claims

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey continues to argue that West Virginia's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program faces an unsustainable structural deficit, even as lawmakers question why services are being reduced while funding remains available. Morrisey said the program, also ...

Cadiz Road project to be rebid

WINTERSVILLE — Members of Village Council have voted to reject all three construction bids submitted for the Cadiz Road improvement project. Mayor Mike Petrella and Village Administrator Jesse Kosegi said during Thursday's meeting that when all of the bids came back on Tuesday, they were ...

Weirton Council considering changes to residential recycling program

WEIRTON – Weirton Council will have several matters to consider when it convenes tonight, including some minor adjustments to the city’s recycling regulations. Council will meet at 7 p.m. today in the council chambers of the Weirton Municipal Building, with an agenda to include the second reading of Ordinance 2280, amending Article 972.05 of city code which regulates “Mandatory Recycling.” The ordinance amends Section A of the article, deleting a reference to July 1, 1993 as the start of the city’s residential recycling program. It also removes “newspapers” and “glass ...