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Belmont County High Schools Art Show results announced

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The 2023 Belmont County High School Art Show was held March 30-April 2 at the Ohio Valley Mall. Around 250 pieces of art were on display from the following schools: Barnesville, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Martins Ferry, Shadyside, St. Clairsville and Union Local. The top five ...

Belmont County students create ‘Trashy Art’

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County students and JB Green Team brought a lot of excitement to the Ohio Valley Mall with the recent Trashy Art Contest. Students showed off their creativity and art skills. JB Green Team would like to thank all the students who participated and helped bring ...

Elmhurst to host ‘Big Hats & Bow Ties’ event

WHEELING — Elmhurst, The House of Friendship is hosting a Kentucky Derby-themed night at the races fundraiser from 6-10 p.m. May 6 at the St. Vincent de Paul Parish Center in Wheeling. Tickets are available either through Eventbrite or by calling Elmhurst at 304-242-0240. The cost of ...

Route 66 awaits for Uniglobe Travelers

WHEELING — Uniglobe travel will be back on the road in September traveling Route 66 from Oklahoma City to Santa Monica, California. Route 66, also known as “the Mother Road” and “The Will Rogers Highway,” was decommissioned in 1985. It had been the main highway for travel from Chicago to Los Angeles since 1926. “This is a trip back in time”, said Bill Bryson from Uniglobe. “It is a chance to relive those times when travel meant staying in motels, eating at local diners and experiencing a slice of life that has been frozen in time”. The trip begins in Oklahoma City ...

Summer slate of events set for Victorian Mansion Museum

By ROBERT A. DEFRANK Times Leader Staff Writer BARNESVILLE — The Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum will be busy this summer, with a full slate of activities going into fall. Kathy Messenger, president of the Belmont County Historical Society, said the museum is going strong after ...

Palm weaving workshops join faith, culture for Palm Sunday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As new volunteers kept streaming into the Church of the Incarnation, Reynaldo Hidalgo prepped fresh palm fronds for them to weave into elaborate designs that will be blessed at services on Palm Sunday, the start of Christianity’s holiest week. “It’s to give welcome to the king, our Lord Jesus Christ,” said Hidalgo, who has led traditional Mexican palm weaving workshops here for half a dozen years, along with his wife. “We wanted to keep a memory of this tradition.” Many Christians around the world will be getting blessed palm or other tree branches ...