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Bridgeport Schools ‘Bridge’ construction on track

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BRIDGEPORT — Construction on the multipurpose education, health and community center to be dubbed “The Bridge” has made significant advances during the winter break and the grant-funded 31,000-square-foot facility is well on its way to completion this summer at the Bridgeport Exempted ...

Local Orthodox clergy offer blessing over Ohio River

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STEUBENVILLE — Clergy and members from several area Orthodox Christian churches braved the cold on Sunday afternoon to pray for God’s blessings on the Ohio River and all people at the Steubenville Marina. The occasion was the eighth-annual Pan-Orthodox Great Blessing on the Ohio River, ...

More human remains found at South Wheeling site

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WHEELING — Wheeling Police officers went back to the site near 42nd and Wood streets Sunday morning and found additional human bones, reported Philip Stahl, public information officer for the city of Wheeling. He added they had periodically been returning there since the initial discovery ...

Ohio election laws being enforced by new group

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(The Center Square) — A new government body charged with enforcing election laws in Ohio begins work today. The Ohio Election Integrity Commission began its work with a new, five-member panel that was sworn in and adopted new governing rules and procedures. It was created by the General ...

Defense asks for continuance in Griffin double murder case

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A new defense attorney for accused murderer Andrew Isaac Griffin asked Friday that Griffin’s trial date set for spring be continued. Griffin is accused in the double homicide of Thomas and Angela Strussion at their Trails End Drive home near Belmont in 2021. Griffin is a ...

Tractor project builds skills at JVS

Community

BLOOMINGDALE — One Jefferson County Joint Vocational School student is proving that everything old is new again by putting his hands-on knowledge to use for a class project. Jaxon Wiley, a junior in the power mechanics program and student at Edison High School, has spent nearly three months ...