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Morrisey says deal to keep West Virginia’s national parks open through end of October nearly done

CHARLESTON — With the U.S. Senate no closer to a deal to keep the federal government funded and the shutdown wrapping up its second week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia is willing to foot the bill to keep its two national parks open until the end of the month. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Morrisey said a deal with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service to extend the state’s donor agreement to operate the visitors centers and services at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve would ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE At 10:56 p.m. Wednesday, an officer on a traffic stop on Interstate 70 westbound near exit 208 in Morristown issued a warning to a Pennsylvania truck driver for speeding. At 10:16 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy on a traffic stop on Interstate 70 west near the exit 208 ramp in Morristown issued a warning to a Missouri truck driver for speeding. The driver reportedly had an active warrant out of Florida, but the jurisdiction was out of pickup range, the report indicated. At 8:51 p.m. Wednesday, a caller from an address on High Ridge Road in Bridgeport ...

American Legion Post set to host annual spaghetti dinner

BELMONT — American Legion Post 312 is offering residents the opportunity to say “pasta la vista” to their hunger Sunday. The post will host its annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Belmont Gym, 209 Brown St., to help the Legion post remain ...

SHS students selected for All-State Choir

Photo Provided Steubenville High School students, from left, Andrew Brown, Mia Loy, Matthew Miller and July Dettore are lending their voices to the Ohio Music Education Association’s All-State Choir during the OMEA Professional Conference this January. The students submitted recorded ...

St. Mary Catholic Church ready to celebrate 150th anniversary

MARTINS FERRY — St. Mary Catholic Church will celebrate its’ 150th anniversary with a Mass and buffet dinner on Sunday, Oct. 12. The anniversary Mass will be celebrated, at 3 p.m. in St. Mary’s Church with the dinner immediately following in St. Mary Central School’s auditorium. According to a news release, the first resident priest, the Rev. Jeremiah Moroney, was named pastor of the parish in October 1875. The earliest recorded mention of Catholics in the city dates to 1857, when they used the ferry boat to attend Mass at North Wheeling Hospital. The Catholic population ...

Steubenville schools taking Team Tressel Challenge

STEUBENVILLE — Elementary students in Steubenville City Schools are jumping on the bandwagon to take the Governor’s Healthy Ohio Team Tressel Fitness Challenge. Wells Academy and East Garfield Elementary School are joining thousands of kids in grades 4-8 across Ohio to improve their ...