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Annual Santa’s Spirit Sprint provides holiday cheer

BARNESVILLE — As the holiday season continues, it’s time to prepare for the annual Santa’s Spirit Sprint 5K and 1-mile Run and Walk on Dec. 6. Both races will begin and end at The Rock gymnasium, located at 440 Watt Ave. in Barnesville. The 1-mile race starts at 2 p.m., while the 5K ...

Uncertainty prevails as Wheeling’s exempted homeless camp closes

WHEELING — Volunteers scrambled to help residents of Wheeling’s exempted homeless encampment pack up valuables Monday as the city’s 5 p.m deadline for the camp’s closure approached. Representatives of Street MOMs, House of Hagar and other local social service agencies brought ...

Billions spent on Black Friday despite economic uncertainty

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online. Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 ...

Defect notices signal next phase in $600M settlement

EAST PALESTINE — With the property damage payments expected to begin in early 2026 now that the appeals of the final approval of the $600 million settlement between class members and Norfolk Southern has been dismissed, residents are receiving correspondence from the new settlement ...

High school girls’ wrestling team being pondered at Buckeye Local

DILLONVALE — The Buckeye Local Board of Education is pondering the formation of a girls’ wrestling team amid a surge in the sport within the local area. Buckeye Local High School Wrestling Coach Jimmy Morelli approached leaders at the Nov. 24 regular session in Dillonvale and said there ...