EAST PALESTINE — On Friday, U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., announced the University of Pittsburgh was awarded $440,000 of the $10 million research initiative announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year to assess and address the long-term health outcomes ...

PLAIN CITY, Ohio — Democrat Tim Ryan, who represented the Mahoning Valley in Congress for 20 years, needs a few more days to decide whether he’ll run for governor but “is excited about what he could do” in the job. Dennis Willard, Ryan’s spokesman, said Tuesday: “Tim Ryan is ...

PITTSBURGH — While the national average price for a gallon of gasoline decreased last week, the average in West Virginia was one cent higher, according to the AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Across the country the average price was at $3.13, a decrease of two cents per gallon. In West ...

PARKERSBURG — West Virginia Del. Bob Fehrenbacher, R–Wood County, will speak with residents of Parkersburg and surrounding communities at a public meeting at 6 p.m. today in the meeting room at the Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library on Emerson Avenue.. During the event, ...

VIENNA — The Vienna Public Library will hold its Bake and Book Sale from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday at the library. Prices are $1 for nonfiction, fiction and tabletop, 50 cents for mass media and 50 cents for children’s books. Members of the Friends of Library will get a discount, buy two and ...

PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports July 22: * Charles Dyvanne Estes, Waverly, pleaded guilty to domestic battery, sentenced to 30 days jail and assessed $176.48. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction and assessed $226.48. * Kayla Nicole Hemingway, 2305 ...