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New steel sign celebrates Chester’s place in West Virginia

CHESTER — The state’s northernmost municipality has joined a network of communities showing off their West Virginia pride through the dedication of a large metal sculpture. Friday morning, Chester Mayor Ed Wedgewood was joined by state Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, Del. Pat McGeehan and ...

Rock around the block

Craig Howell It was a night of live music, food, friends, and fun in Wellsburg Friday night, as the Wellsburg Urban Renewal Authority hosted its Block Party event on Charles Street near the city’s Town Square. Friday’s event featured live music by Shawn Villamagna, food from Taters Food ...

Wednesdays in Wintersville goes back to school

WINTERSVILLE — Among the popular attractions at each month's Wednesdays in Wintersville is the food contest. Always built around the monthly theme, the August event, which is titled "Back-to-School," is calling on contestants to do their best work with peanut butter and jelly. "It's ...

Sermon topics

• Bell Chapel UMC: "What's In a Name? Joshua" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "He Knows You" • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m.: "Fidelity in a Broken World"; 6 p.m.: "The Greatest Sacrifice" • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): "Impossible Multiplication" • Memorial Baptist Church: "He Knows You" • St. Paul's Church: "Fish Sandwiches for All" • Wintersville Methodist Church: "Parable of the Four Soils is Taught by Jesus"

Hancock County Schools provides meals to children during the summer

NEW CUMBERLAND – Hancock County Schools will, once again, offer the federally funded Summer Food Service Program, providing breakfast for children up to the age of 18 who would like to participate. Breakfasts will be served at A.T. Allison Elementary School, 605 Railroad St., Chester, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. from Aug. 3 to Aug. 14. For more information about the Summer Food Service Program, call Hancock County Food Services at (304) 748-6870. In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, ...

Daily Happenings

STEUBENVILLE POLICE No compassion: A woman living in apartments attached to a business on Lawson Avenue at Adams Street spotted a man sitting on the steps in front of the business and began “yelling at him for being there.” He said he tried to explain he was walking home from work but “has trouble with his knees due to age,” so he has to take breaks, but she refused to listen. He said he waited there because she called police to complain he was trespassing. Police said they “understood his limited mobility” and declined to take any action against him. Rough day: A caller ...