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30th-annual Dean Martin Hometown Festival on tap

STEUBENVILLE — The city will come alive this week with the sounds and memories of the Cocktail Cool Era. The 30th-annual Dean Martin Hometown Festival will run Thursday through June 20, with a wide variety of activities, including historical perspectives; the showing of a restored version ...

FROM THE PULPIT: There is praise coming from the heavens

There is a praise coming from the heavens to the people of God. It will sweep over the house of the Lord, and the sweetness of the holy fragrance will permeate and move upon those on the outside, drawing them into the family of God. The praise will come as sustained clapping of hands, and the sound will be like the army of the Lord on a mission. The saints will humble themselves and gladly choose to change their attire into what is befitting holiness and sanctification. The Lord Himself will adorn them with glowing garments of praise. The shouts of joy will create a stir in the land, ...

Sermon topics

• Bell Chapel UMC: "Depths of the Father's Love" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "A Plentiful Harvest is Waiting" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "Have You Laughed Before?" • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m.: "First Corinthians: A Deep Dive;" 6 p.m.: Contemporary Christian music videos • First Christian Church: Disciples of Christ: "Saving Grace" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "How to Raise a Harvest of Righteousness" • Memorial Baptist Church: "Never Give Up" • St. Paul's Church: "Some You Like, Some You Don't" • Starkdale Presbyterian Church: "Men and Women in ...

Oil Can Derby set to return for Wellsburg July 4 activities

WELLSBURG — Wellsburg's Oil Can Derby is set to return as part of the community's Independence Day festivities. After a year's absence, the race, which traces its history to the 1940s, will be held July 4, with a start time of 9 a.m. and a course along Fourth Street near First Ward ...

Weirton Christian Center offers peer support group for grieving children

WEIRTON — For five years, the Weirton Christian Center has partnered with Never Alone WV to offer a support program to assist area youth in grief. Never Alone Kids is a step-by-step, activity-driven program that uses peer support within age groups to show children they are not alone as they navigate the grieving process. “This program is in addition to regular programming of preschool, afterschool and summer programs in a safe and secure environment,” said Kim Weaver, executive director of the Weirton Christian Center. A new seven-week session of Never Alone Kids is set to begin ...

'Stop the Violence' vigil Sunday in Fort Steuben Park

STEUBENVILLE — Sometimes all it takes is hearing a snippet of a song for a too-short lifetime of memories to come flooding back, Gail Worrels said. Worrels' son, Quentin Worrels Nelson, was gunned down 14 years ago in downtown Steubenville. There had been a party that night and a friend had ...