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Ohio State drives first mobile lung cancer screening unit across the state

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s first mobile lung cancer screening unit has hit the streets. The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute recently launched the mobile unit to expand early detection and cancer prevention efforts in Ohio. Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States, claiming more lives than breast, ovarian, colon, kidney, melanoma, prostate and testicular cancers combined. Lung cancer screening has been proven to reduce lung cancer deaths ...

Storytellers return to Grand Vue Park

MOUNDSVILLE — More than 400 elementary students from the Upper Ohio Valley will be treated to the West Virginia tradition of oral storytelling during the 2025 Grand Vue Storytelling Festival on Wednesday at Grand Vue Park, Moundsville. Professional storytellers from the West Virginia ...

FEMA disaster recovery center in Triadelphia closing Sept. 19

Those who want to talk to a FEMA representative in person about aid for the June floods in Ohio County will have until Sept. 19 to do it. According to a FEMA news release, the Ohio County Disaster Recovery Center at the Triadelphia Community Center at 4453 National Road will close ...

CFOV’s Expand Energy STEM Grant cycle opens

WHEELING — The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley is announcing the opening of the Expand Energy Science, Technology, Engineering and Math grant cycle. Eligible schools are invited to apply for Expand Energy STEM grants from Sept. 5-Oct. 3. Expand Energy will concentrate efforts to support public school STEM education by awarding grants to K-12 teachers in Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel County schools for projects that incorporate STEM concepts into the classrooms. Maximum awards will be $1,000. Innovative and creative project proposals are encouraged. These grants are ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:07 p.m. Monday, an officer on a traffic stop on Interstate 70 east near mile marker 220 in St. Clairsville issued a warning to a Florida motorist for speeding. At 9:39 p.m. Monday, a caller reported hearing multiple gunshots close to an address in Pultney Township. The caller said she believed the shots came from a car and went into a hillside. A deputy patrolled the area but found nothing. At 7:20 p.m. Monday, an officer was out with the Ohio State Highway Patrol at the Capstone Holding Company on Bannock-Uniontown Road in Wheeling ...

Symphony celebrates roaring ‘20s to launch pops series

WHEELING — The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 2025-26 concert series by stepping back in time to the 1920s with a Jazz Age celebration titled Prohibition. The Pops Series concert will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Wheeling. ...