New ALICE Program Could Aid Hundreds Of Jefferson County Residents

STEUBENVILLE — The United Way of Jefferson County is looking at ways it can offer a program that will help area residents who work hard, live just above the poverty line and still have a tough time paying their bills each month. It's an idea, Marci Snyder-Crawford, executive director of the ...

Region Briefs

Polling location change announced WHEELING – There is a polling location change for voters in Ohio County for next Tuesday’s primary election, according to Erin Allietta, elections coordinator for Ohio County. The Masonic Lodge in Fulton will no longer be a polling location. Voters in precincts 20 and 31 will now vote in the upstairs event room at Generations Restaurant and Pub, 338 National Road, in Fulton. Marshall Co. Democrats to meet GLEN DALE – The Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at Perkins Restaurant in Glen Dale for ...

Some Candidates Get 'Byes' In Ohio Primary Elections

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Just like in some sports playoffs – where some teams get “byes” or don’t have to face competition in the first round – some candidates found themselves not having opposition in Tuesday’s primary election in Ohio. At the top of the ballot, U.S. Sen. John Husted, R-Ohio, ran unopposed for re-election on the GOP ticket. The race attracted two Democrats, former Sen. Sherrod Brown and Ron Kincaid, with Brown earning the nomination. Democrats Amy Acton, candidate for governor, and her lieutenant governor teammate David Pepper faced no competition in the ...