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Participants still sought for Weirton Independence Day parade

WEIRTON – With the Independence Day holiday fast approaching, organizers of Weirton's Fourth of July parade are issuing a reminder to those who may be interested in taking part. Set to follow its traditional route along the city's Main Street, this year's parade will take place at 5 p.m., ...

Steubenville students gain leadership experience at Boys State

STEUBENVILLE — Eight Steubenville High School juniors spent the week learning about leadership, government and public service while representing their school at American Legion Buckeye Boys State at Miami University. Attending through the support of Sons of the American Legion Squadron 725, ...

Three departing Hancock County Schools board members offer thanks

NEW CUMBERLAND — While the operations of the Hancock County Board of Education have been different in recent months, the board itself also will look a bit different in the coming weeks. Monday served as the final meeting of the county Board of Education in its current configuration, with ...

Daily happenings

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Window toss: An object was thrown out an apartment window Wednesday on N. 4th at Washington streets and hit a passing car. Police said there was a “large amount of broken glass” in the street and report the driver told them he was on Washington Street when he “heard a heavy thud on the top of his vehicle” so he pulled over and saw the broken glass. Police spotted two windows on the seventh floor of the north-facing side of the Fort Steuben Apartments had been broken as well as a broken wooden hammer handle “and the top portion of a ball-peen hammer” on ...

Scholarships awarded

Contributed The endowment committee of Weirton's Cove Presbyterian Church honored four area graduates with scholarships Sunday. The Helen T. Hamill Memorial Scholarship, in memory of a longtime member and Hancock County teacher, is available to all four high schools in Hancock and Brooke ...