Adelynn Faye Potts celebrated her first birthday on Jan. 25. She is the daughter of Jonathan and Carley Potts of New Martinsville, and has a sister Olivia, 5. Grandparents are Kalon and Teresa Thomas of Powhatan and Nick and Dee Potts of Sardis. Adelynn will celebrate with a party, with ...

BRILLIANT AMERICAN Legion has added shrimp to their First Friday Fish Fry menu beginning on Friday, Feb. 1. There will be Shrimp Dinners and Shrimp Baskets. The shrimp is a welcome addition to the menu that includes a choice of battered or Coleman’s Breaded Fish Sandwiches and Fish Dinners ...

WHEELING — Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum. Another wonderful fairytale is coming to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre. “Jack and the Beanstalk” will be staged for two weekends — Feb. 1-3 and Feb. 8-9. The production is part of Oglebay Institute’s children’s theater season, which brings classic ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Zachary Andrew Ratka of St. Clairsville was recently promoted to the rank of captain. Ratka is stationed at Ft. Hood in Killeen, Texas, and is serving with 1st Cavalry Division, 2-5 Cav currently on a deployment in Europe in support of Operation ...

Brady Douglas Curnes will celebrate his 8th birthday on Dec. 17. Brady is the son of Katie and Doug Curnes of Troy, Ohio, and has a brother, Bowen, who is 5 years old. Grandparents are Debbie and Paul Curnes Sr. of Martins Ferry and Ann and John Frigge of Troy. Brady will celebrate with a ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Back for the third year is Mount Pleasant’s Christmas in the Village. Organized each year by the Historical Society of Mount Pleasant this year’s event is sure to delight. The Historical Society’s Elizabeth House and the Friends Church’s Samuel Gill House return ...

WHEELING — It’s that time of year when the students of Wheeling Park High School are preparing for the 24th anniversary performances of the Festival of Sound concert extravaganza. This much-anticipated holiday event opens at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 with additional performances at 7 p.m. ...

The Christmas season and all the shopping that goes with it is well underway now that Thanksgiving has passed. Christmas at our house began just after Halloween, mostly because our son Henry now wants the house to be decorated all the time. Once we took down the Halloween stuff it just looked ...

BELLAIRE — The Bellaire High School Thespians will present “The Toys Take Over Christmas” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Shadyside Public Library and 6 p.m. Thursday at the Bellaire Public Library. A canned goods donation is requested for admission. Children’s games, a singalong, face ...

FLUSHING CHRISTMAS Parade is set for Dec. 1. The parade will begin on Old Cadiz Road at 11 a.m. Sign in and line up will begin at 9 a.m. Signs will be posted. Crafts, paint ‘n snack and concessions at the fire hall start at 8 a.m. Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Flushing Ruritan Club, ...

WHEELING — One of the most beloved holiday traditions returns to the Ohio Valley. Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum in Oglebay Park, Wheeling is now lavishly decorated for the holidays and open to the public for tours through Dec. 31. Each holiday season since 1973, the Mansion Museum, ...

Photo Provided THE UNITED Methodist Women of Lincoln Avenue United Methodist Church, 3838 Lincoln Ave., Shadyside, will be having their Christmas Decoration Sale (gently used) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Preparing for the sale, from left, are Elaine Crow, Susan Brown, Ruth Mosser and ...

This week’s recipe is a three-ingredient dessert from Betty Crocker. Cherry Dump Cake Ingredients: Two cans (21 oz each) cherry pie filling One box Betty Crocker Super Moist devil’s food cake mix 3/4 cup butter, melted Whipped topping or vanilla ice cream, if ...

WHEELING — On Oct. 4, the annual Gala and Reverse Raffle sponsored by the West Virginia Auxiliary of the Congregation of Saint Joseph will celebrate the arrival 165 years ago of four sisters in Wheeling from Carondelet, Missouri. The theme of the event is “Celebrating 165 Years of Service ...

WEST LIBERTY — West Liberty University’s Office of Admissions has a special team of assistants that reach out to visitors and show them just how special the Hilltop is from a student’s perspective. “Our Student Ambassadors give campus tours to prospective students and their families, ...

NATHAN DAWSON, a senior in the Agricultural Mechanics (Diesel) program at the Belmont Career Center, was recently pinned as an Eagle Scout for Troop 109 in Bridgeport. For his Eagle project, Dawson, a Martins Ferry student, repaired and replaced the preschool playground at the Community Action ...

MARTINS FERRY — The Martins Ferry Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding its next Defensive Driving Course on Sunday, Aug. 19, at East Ohio Regional Hospital in the Ruth Brant Maguire Room. The course will run from 7:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and will be taught by Vincent West. Students must ...

BARNESVILLE — The final session in Barnesville Hospital Foundation’s Financial Planning Series will be Estate Planning, presented by Kyle Witucky, attorney at law. This program will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Barnesville Hospital Classroom. “Estate Planning is for everyone not ...

WHEELING — The Wheeling Park Amphitheater on select Tuesdays at 7 p.m. will host free concerts sponsored by the city of Wheeling. 2018 Toe Tappin’ Tuesdays Lineup: ∫ June 19 —Steel Cassa: Steel Drum Band’s “Sounds of Paradise” ∫ July 3 — Pocket Change: Variety of Rock ...

This week’s recipe is an easy peach cobbler made with help from a cake mix. Submitted by Ruth Garrison of Bridgeport. Easy Peach Cobbler Ingredients: 2 large cans of cut up peaches in syrup 1 box yellow cake mix butter, if desired Directions: Drain one can, reserving syrup, and put ...