BELMONT — Vietnam veteran and Belmont resident Kurt Turner recently published a book about his time serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, titled “I’ve Never Been to Heaven (But I’ve Been to Oklahoma).” “The only way that our stories get out is if we write,” he ...

WHEELING — The Thursday Music Club of Wheeling will sponsor the annual Young Musicians Auditions at Vance Memorial Church in Wheeling on March 15-16. Sixty-six students will present memorized solo selections in piano and voice. This year’s judges will be John Allen Rose, piano, and ...

CONNORVILLE — Percussionist and Buckeye Local alum Elec Simon will be bringing his message and music back to the district with a series of appearances at local schools next week. Simon, a Smithfield native and Buckeye Local High School graduate, is scheduled to speak at Buckeye Local ...

Photo Provided Bellaire High School’s Queen of Queens Pageant, sponsored by the student council, will be held at 7 p.m. March 20 in the Bellaire High School Alumni Auditorium. There is an admission fee, and doors will open at 6 p.m. Contestants pictured, from left, are Abigail LaRoche, ...

WHEELING — International speaker and award-winning New York Times bestselling author Edwin Black will discuss “Israel and International Law: The Historical Underpinnings” at 7 p.m. Monday at Temple Shalom, Wheeling. With more than 2.2 million books in print, for a half-century Black’s ...

A DEMONSTRATION of Italian Cooking — Italy’s Regional Recipes will begin at 2 p.m. April 14 at the Sons and Daughters of Italy Uguaglianza Lodge 754, located at 3348 Belmont St., Bellaire. Tickets can be purchased at the lodge bar during Thursday Spaghetti Night or Friday Lenten Fish Frys. ...