STEUBENVILLE — The College of St. Joseph the Worker is defending its decision to demolish a structure it deemed unsalvageable, including two murals celebrating Steubenville's past that had been painted on its exterior walls. The building at 427 Washington St. formerly housed the Elks ...
WEIRTON — The city's water distribution system upgrades ordered by the West Virginia Public Service Commission could be facing a delay after a proposal for funding the project was tabled in Charleston. According to Jesse Alden, project manager for the Thrasher Group, the proposal for the cast iron and galvanized line replacement project was reviewed and recommended by the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council's Technical Review and Funding Committee at the end of July, but a final decision was put on hold earlier this month by the full council. “The project was ...
Rabbi Joshua Lief had a few emotions running through him after a neighbor informed him Thursday morning that a swastika had been painted on the exterior of Temple Shalom, the Ohio Valley's only synagogue. There was shock that someone would take the time to deface the building with a Nazi ...
Friends of Madonna picnic set for Saturday WEIRTON – The 2026 Friends of Madonna picnic will be held at 4 p.m., Saturday, on the Weirton Madonna High School campus. The event brings together families, students, and alumni, providing an opportunity to connect prior to the start of the school year. It will include a 4 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Church, followed by a 3-on-3 basketball tournament with proceeds to benefit the Chuckie Mahoney Foundation, Meet the Machines, a volleyball matchup, and the Fall Sports Meet the Team event, along with other activities. Sponsors include ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners got permission Thursday to secure outside legal counsel as a three-member board rather than individually. A county official had said it’s “in the county’s best interest” for the three commissioners to have common legal counsel ...
MINGO JUNCTION — T.C. Chappelear says that the newest education building in the Indian Creek Local School District, the Jefferson County Innovation Center, is appropriately named. "We wanted that name vs. Indian Creek because, rightly so, people are tribal when it comes to their school ...
