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History in the Hills: The river revisited

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This month marks seven years of my History in the Hills articles, and I can't believe it has been that long. I have covered a lot of history during that time and have completed about 182 articles detailing our past. I thought it might be fun to look back at one that got me started on this journey in 2019, and that piece was all about the Ohio River. Whether we realize it or not, our history is tied to the Ohio River. Flowing through our community over millennia, the river cut the Ohio Valley deeply giving us the landscape we are all familiar with. Looking back to the earliest history ...

Franciscan University honors alumni

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STEUBENVILLE — Katie (Irvin) Herrmann and John DuBois might have graduated from the Franciscan University of Steubenville 34 years apart from each other, but the lessons they learned continue to play important roles in their lives. Herrmann, a 2018 graduate and a practicing attorney in ...

FROM THE PULPIT - Freedom

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The Fourth of July has come and gone, and I'm sure you had a great time celebrating 250 years of Freedom! There is a different kind of freedom that we all need - and that is the freedom from sin and its consequences. The Word of God says in Romans 6:11-12, "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." We need to give ourselves to the Lord, so that we can refrain from the evil desires of the flesh. No longer do we need ...

Sermon topics

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• Bell Chapel UMC: "Strange Nuggets: Content with Little, Content with Much, Content with Jesus" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "Are You Thirsty?" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "Witnessing for Jesus" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "The Great Chasm and the Great Omission" • Memorial Baptist Church: "Blessed Are the Pure in Heart" • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m., guest missionaries, Gabe and Dahiana Ernst; 6 p.m., prayer • St. Paul's Church: "Keeping Up Appearances" • Zion United Church of Christ: "Hidden Things, Dark Sayings and Amazing Stories"

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Sept. 26 Drew Michael Karas, Mingo Junction Sept. 27 Matt Provenzano, Weirton

MLK mural bringing community together

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STEUBENVILLE — With each stroke of his paint brush, muralist Kyle Holbrook is celebrating the legacy of a man who was gunned down by an assassin before he was even born. Holbrook, 44, is back in Steubenville, this time painting a mural on the wall of American Legion Post 274 in the North ...