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Weirton Museum presents history lesson for West Virginia Day

WEIRTON — Visitors to the Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center Saturday were treated to a lesson about life in the early American frontier. As part of local observances of West Virginia Day — commemorating West Virginia’s admission as a state on June 20, 1863 — Frontier Dan ...

Brooke Junior attend Girls State

Contributed Five Brooke High School juniors attended the West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State Americanism Project held the week of June 7-13 at Davis and Elkins College. The group included Onica Rushing, Andrea Bolen, Ivy Myers, Marley Stotler and Gracie Spitak. They were sponsored by ...

Dean Martin legacy gets a modern mic check at Sycamore Center

STEUBENVILLE — An idea to recreate the old amateur-hour format that pushed a young Dino Crocetti toward becoming one of the greatest entertainers of all time brought young talent to the stage Saturday. Crocetti’s win in that competition, held at the old Capitol Theater that once stood on ...

Corabi honors wife's memory with health center donation

STEUBENVILLE — A memorial donation of medical equipment to the Ohio Valley Health Center will help provide important information to area women and their health care providers. Local attorney Joe Corabi donated the device, a Sunlight MiniOmni Portable Bone Density Scanner, in memory of his ...

Digging Into Ohio's Forgotten Past

FLUSHING — As the Underground Railroad Museum prepares to move from Flushing to its soon-to-be home, the Black Horse Inn in Morristown, museum Director Kristina Estle and board member Anthony Atkins have been planting the seeds of a new exhibit. Behind the scenes, the duo recently completed ...

SINGING PRAISES

Craig Howell Members of the Weirton Ecumenical Council Choir were among those performing Saturday as part of Weirton’s observances of Juneteenth. The Ecumenical Council, with support from Christ the King Church, Morning Star Baptist Church, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Shiloh Apostolic Faith ...