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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 ...

Brooke Hills youth cast presents 'The Emperor's New Clothes'

WELLSBURG — Brooke Hills Playhouse will present its youth and family theater production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” adapted by Timothy Mason, during the next two weekends. Presented by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences, this vibrant and fast-paced staging brings ...

Rotary-backed project transforms Marland Heights courts

WEIRTON — The latest renovation to Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Park is ready to be unveiled. The Weirton Board of Parks and Recreation will host an unveiling at 10 a.m. Monday of the recently renovated pickleball and tennis courts at the park located on Marland Heights. “We think when ...