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Project BEST Holds Inaugural Steak Fry

Photo by Derek Redd Amanda Lengyel, right, a project manager for JD&E and member of the Project BEST women in construction committee, sets a steak on the plate of Jessie Ripoly of Wheeling during Project BEST's inaugural steak fry at Oglebay Park Resort's Levenson Shelter on Thursday. A ...

Gulfport donates pickup to Cumberland Trail Fire District

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Gulfport Energy has donated a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 pickup truck to the Cumberland Trail Fire District, providing the department with another vehicle for emergency response and day-to-day operations. Gulfport representatives delivered the truck, formerly part of ...

Swastika painted on Temple Shalom prompts police investigation

Rabbi Joshua Lief had a few emotions running through him after a neighbor informed him Thursday morning that a swastika had been painted on the exterior of Temple Shalom, the Ohio Valley's only synagogue. There was shock that someone would take the time to deface the building with a Nazi ...

Mountaineer Brewfest pours into Heritage Port Saturday

WHEELING — Downtown Wheeling's Heritage Port will once again be home to food, music, craft beer and entertainment Saturday when the 12th annual Mountaineer Brewfest gets underway. The annual celebration of West Virginia craft beer has raised more than $320,000 for local charities through ...

Three generations, 45 flavors and 34 years: Kirke’s keeps growing

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For 34 years, Kirke’s Homemade Ice Cream has been serving up scoops in St. Clairsville, but the family’s connection to ice cream stretches back nearly a century. On Wednesday, the St. Clairsville staple celebrated its anniversary by offering customers $1 scoops of ice ...

Enshrining voter ID on amendment on Ohio’s November ballot

Showing a government-issued photo identification before voting could become enshrined in Ohio’s constitution, even though it is already state law. The state ballot board has approved Issue 3, which was passed by the Ohio General Assembly, to be on the ballot in November. “If approved, the proposed amendment would require Ohio voters to present a government-issued photo identification in order to vote,” a summary of the amendment states. “To vote in person, voters would be required to present one of the specific types of government-issued photo identification listed. In-person ...