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Indian Creek secures $6.5 million grant for new public health and workforce facility
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Indian Creek Local School District is receiving millions of dollars in grant funding to enhance workforce development and improve public health. "We just really felt like we had a great grant application,” Superintendent T.C. Chappelear said. “We applied for a 14,000 square foot facility on the Mingo campus, and we were awarded $6.5 million to build the facility."
“Best fireworks in the valley!” Thunder in the Ville is back this weekend
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) The 29th annual Thunder in the Ville is slated for this weekend! The much anticipated event is Friday June 28th from 4 – 9pm and Saturday June 29th from Noon till the Fireworks at 10PM. ALL at the Jefferson County Airpark. There will be food, games, booths, entertainment and, of course, […]
Mingo Junction Senior Center beginning grant-funded revitalization
MINGO JUNCTION — The Jefferson County Board of Health in April approved the Mingo Junction Senior Center’s $18,415 application for the facility’s remodeling and revitalization of activities. Funds would be paid out of the $306,781 Healthy Aging Grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Aging to the Jefferson County General Health District in November.
Library factions can co-exist
It’s been two years since the public debate began over LGBTQIA+ books in the collection of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County. The library board has remained committed to providing materials inclusive of all people, including that community and others, like those of the Roman Catholic faith. The books are still here and the world has not ended. There are no reports of heterosexual children becoming homosexual nor gay children becoming straight. I consider that solid proof that we can co-exist here without trying to erase one another. Is there still homophobia or transphobia in our area? Of course, we still have a long way to go. Consider this:
Overgrown grass concerns drivers; ODOT assures timely mowing on U.S. 22
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Grass is growing higher around many local roadways, including U.S. 22 in Jefferson County, causing some concern for drivers in some spots. Mowing crews from the Ohio Department of Transportation follow a schedule: once they make their way through certain counties, they move to the others, and it's a cycle throughout the summer.
Local Briefs
STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Data Processing Board will meet at 11 a.m. Monday in the auditor’s office on the fourth floor of the courthouse. FOLLANSBEE — The West Virginia Army National Guard Band will perform at 6 p.m. Monday at Follansbee Park. The concert is part...
Police reports
Recaptured: An Amsterdam man who walked away from Eastern Ohio Correctional Center over the weekend was recaptured, but is facing additional charges of breaking and entering, escape and theft of a motor vehicle. Earlier this week authorities had reported Luke Andrew Magee, 38, 6021 Brocade Rd. SE, Amsterdam, had climbed on top of a garbage can Sunday at EOCC and maneuvered himself onto the roof, then walked away. On Tuesday deputies were dispatched to Rance Industries, State Route 43, to investigate a reported breaking and entering. The owner said several employees who live at the site reported a new pair of boots and $500 in cash were missing and reported the thefts had been captured on surveillance video. Deputies said Magee, a former employee, was later spotted on the property and taken into custody. Employees also alleged Magee had stolen a company vehicle Monday night but returned it the following morning, deputies said. The key was concealed in a cigarette pack in Magee’s possession when he was arrested, they said.
United Way to take over EGCC yard sale
STEUBENVILLE — When a representative from Eastern Gateway Community College contacted the United Way of Jefferson County to inquire about its interest in taking over the college’s annual community yard sale, officials at the nonprofit agency were thrilled to have been asked. “A representative from EGCC contacted us...
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