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Park investment a plus in Weirton

In one of the final acts of the current administration, Weirton City Council on Monday approved an allotment of $350,000 to put toward completion of a new restroom facility at Marland Heights Park, with options to fund improvements at the Brookline Street playground and possibly some other projects if any money is remaining. While it is a far cry from addressing every need the Weirton Park Board has cited in recent years, it will, at least, address a major one which we hope will serve as a jumping-off point for the next administration. The Margaret Manson Weir Pool was demolished ...

What happened to sportsmanship?

Now that the dust has settled, responsible adults have a duty to look back on what we witnessed during college football’s rivalry week and understand it was all part of a larger and very disturbing trend that needs to be reversed. The Atlantic Coast Conference fined four of its schools — North Carolina State, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech for in-game scuffles. But those didn’t top what happened Nov. 30 after Michigan beat Ohio State in Ohio Stadium and violence broke out midfield to the degree that pepper spray was employed, one police officer suffered a head ...

Ohio’s elections set standard for nation

On Dec. 2, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose certified the official results of the Nov. 5 general election. In doing so, he noted voter turnout was the second-highest on record in Ohio (the 2020 general election was the highest.) With voter participation at 71.7 percent — there were 5,851,387 votes cast out of 8,159,946 registered voters — there was a lot to keep track of and to get right. But LaRose said the consensus among bipartisan elections officials was that this had been the smoothest in the state’s history. “More people are paying attention to the process of ...

Manchin has earned thanks and respect

Last week West Virginia prepared for the end of an era, as U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin gave his final speech on the floor of the Senate after having devoted his life to serving the state’s residents for more than 40 years. Manchin has been a stalwart for the Mountain State, at all levels — the House of Delegates, the state Senate, West Virginia’s secretary of state, the state’s governor and, since 2010, a powerful voice for us in Washington, D.C., as a member of the U.S. Senate. Filling the shoes of the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd might have been a daunting task for some, but ...

Pearl Harbor still resonates

The words President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered to a joint session of Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, remain as powerful and meaningful today as they were when they were first spoken some 83 years ago. Americans were stunned and still reeling from the news that Japanese forces had attacked our Pearl Harbor naval base at Oahu, in the then-Territory of Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, when Roosevelt spoke for a little more than seven minutes, including breaks for applause, the following day: “Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America ...

Spirit of season continues to shine

Our region will continue to revel in the magic of the Christmas season during the next couple of weekends. From Wintersville to Chester, and many locations in between, this weekend will offer a wide variety of things to see, hear and do. Thousands of residents from across the Tri-State Area are expected to pack the streets of downtown Steubenville at noon Saturday for the annual Sights and Sounds of Christmas Parade. The parade will feature marching bands and cheerleaders, dancing groups, homecoming queens, colorful floats sponsored by community organizations and local businesses ...