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Art show cancelled ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The city of St. Clairsville “Spirit of America” — 250th Anniversary of America art show at the Unified Bank Jr. Rec Center has been canceled. The show was to start Friday and run through Monday. City administrative assistant Jenn McMillen said that the event was canceled due to circumstances beyond the city’s control. Mayor Kathryn Thalman said that she hopes to have the art show happen in the fall. Martins Ferry Council meeting set MARTINS FERRY – Martins Ferry City Council is scheduled to meet in regular session on Wednesday ...

JCESC Family Support Specialist makes 1,000th home visit

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STEUBENVILLE – Families in crisis are learning they have a valuable advocate in the Jefferson County Educational Service Center Family Support Specialist program, now marking it’s 1000th home visit. Family Support Specialist Mary Kakascik said the grant-funded program has snowballed since ...

Elm Grove Students Get Hands-On Earth Day Experience

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WHEELING – Earth Day saw local energy companies lead local students to the water at Wheeling Creek and assist in stocking the waterway with trout. Then the students received a fishing pole for their efforts so they could come back and fish later. At least 150 employees of Expand Energy and ...

West Liberty Takes Flight with new on-campus aviation center

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WEST LIBERTY – West Liberty opened its new on-campus aviation center on Friday, and also announced a $1.2 million project to build “West Woods” on the grounds of its recently opened Appalachian Aquatic Conservation Center. Wheeling businessman and philanthropist Gary E. West had a love ...

Wheeling man gets life with parole possibility in wife’s killing

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A Wheeling man will serve life in prison with the possibility of parole after being sentenced Thursday in the First Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia for the first-degree murder of his wife on Wheeling Island. Though parole is possible, Dwayne Herring, 54, was sentenced by Circuit Judge ...