Weirton Council to meet
WEIRTON Weirton Council has scheduled a special session for 6 p.m., Monday, in the council chambers of the Weirton Municipal Building.
The agenda is to include a review of the municipal budget, and the meeting is open to the public.
Council to meet Monday
FOLLANSBEE Follansbee Council’s next regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the Community House near Follansbee Park.
Council has been meeting there in recent months to ensure safe distancing.
Hancock school board to meet
NEW CUMBERLAND The Hancock County Board of Education will meet in special session at 5 p.m., Monday at the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center, for a discussion and legal opinion on board agenda items.
Council to meet Monday
FOLLANSBEE Follansbee Council’s next regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the Community House near Follansbee Park.
Council has been meeting there in recent months to ensure safe distancing.
Commercial licenses extended
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has announced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the expirations on some commercial driver’s licenses and commercial learner’s permits because of the pandemic.
CDLs and CLPS that expired on or after March 1, 2020, have been extended to May 31.
The 14-day period for CLP holders to take the skills test has been waived until May 31 while medical examiner’s certificates and medical downgrades that expired on or after Dec. 1 have been extended to that date as well.
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PARKING ISSUE RAISED The possibility of a time limit for parking spaces in front of the Follansbee Post Office was discussed Monday after the mayor received a report of vehicles monopolizing them. The issue and the receipt of a large grant for a major water project were among matters discussed by Follansbee Council.
FOLLANSBEE Efforts to upgrade the city’s water treatment system have received a major boost in the form of a $3.125 million grant.
Mayor David Velegol Jr. introduced Joe Edmiston, an independent grant writer hired by the city, who shared the news at Monday’s Follansbee Council meeting.
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ATV CONCERNS â Concerns about young riders of all-terrain vehicles led Follansbee Council on Monday to consider whether an ordinance regulating them is needed. (Photo by Warren Scott)
FOLLANSBEE Follansbee Council may adopt an ordinance regulating all-terrain vehicles after hearing concerns from residents about the safety of young riders of them.
On Monday Deputy Police Chief Dan Casto said while residents of the Parkview area have complained of ATVs dragging mud across roads,they seem most bothered that the riders will harm themselves.
Fourth Ward Councilwoman Alexis Russell, who represents Parkview, said drivers have told her they nearly struck the vehicles as they crossed their paths.
WEIRTON An investigation is ongoing following a single-vehicle crash in the city early Wednesday.
Weirton Police reported a call shortly after 3 a.m. of a single-vehicle crash on Cove Road, near Kusic Street. The 2016 Ford Fusion was traveling east when it left the right side of the roadway, went down an embankment and struck a tree, officers reported.
The male driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A male passenger was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, in critical, but stable, condition. Neither individual was wearing a seatbelt, according to officials.
No names or other information is being released, pending notification of families.