Wintersville, Ohio

• Village making plans for 2011
  

  There are a number of projects in the works for the village in 2011. Village Administrator Walt Ziemba told council members on Thursday he will be applying for four grants to complete the upcoming projects, which include phase I of the wastewater treatment plant repairs and rehabilitation; Gumps Lane water line replacement, road reconstruction and ...

• Richard M. - Dick' Hughes
  

  HUGHES, Richard M. "Dick", 72, of Toronto, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in the West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

• Wintersville Woman's Club extends invitation
  

  Historical group plans dinne...>> Wintersville Womana s Club extends invitation September 2, 2010 - By JANICE R. KIASKI, Community editor Have you ever thought about becoming a member of a woman's club? Have you ever wondered what a community service organization such as this has to offer? The Wintersville Woman's Club invites you to attend its ...

• Mingo Police, Council Still Trying To Avoid Officers' Layoffs
  

  In eight days, seven Mingo Junction police officers will be off the job, prompting the question: Who will respond to residents' calls for help? Mingo police Capt.

• Jefferson County Fire Keeps Crews Busy
  

  The call came in around 10:15 Tuesday night, when crews responded to 9044 State Route 152, just outside of Richmond.

• Do you cook with wine? Club wants recipes
  

  Do you cook with wine? Then the Ohio Valley Business Professional Women's Club wants to hear from you as one recipe will be singled out for an award in the recipe contest portion of the second-annual Grape Expectations: Food, Wine and Friends scholarship fundraising event sponsored by the club on Sept.

• SVRTA Sees Increase In Business fo.....
  

  With free rides and the addition of Wintersville service, the Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority is closing out August with increased business.

• One final farewell to my readers
  

  I was sitting at a dinner held in honor of my retirement by several wonderful women who call me sister, Italian American Cultural Club members whom I call friend, and the Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department, that could call me longtime cheerleader.

• Clomping around in some shoes that don't fit
  

  I'm clomping around in shoes that don't fit. And that's because, officially starting today, I have big shoes to fill, assuming the duties as the new community editor of the Herald-Star, a position vacated by the now-retired Marian Houser.

• One lucky reader could win a Chevy Cruze
  

  Someone in Brooke, Hancock or Jefferson counties may be driving the first Chevrolet Cruze to roll off the Lordstown assembly line.

• Greater Zion is celebrating
  

  The Greater Zion Temple Church, 500 N. Fifth St., will be celebrating 25 years under the pastorship of Bishop Roy C. Dawkins this week.

• Pansy E. Dines
  

  DINES, Pansy E., 95 of Wintersville, died Aug. 1, 2010, at the Laurel's. She was born April 27, 1915, in Butler, Pa., the daughter of the late Edward and Sadie Gould Fulton, Pansy is also preceded in death by her son Robert Dines.

• Arthur L. Morris
  

  Arthur L. Morris, 63, of St. Marys, died Aug. 23, 2010, at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio.

• Service schedule 8-23
  

  A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Wellsville Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall.

• Hurrah for I.C. cheerleaders
  

  Indian Creek cheerleaders were praised for their accomplishments at the Jefferson County Fair during Thursday evening's board meeting at Bantam Ridge Elementary School.

• Ride SVRTA for free
  

  Bus rides on the Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority will be free for one year effective Monday, the day SVRTA debuts its new Wintersville service.

• Wintersville gets bus service Monday
  

  Bus service to the village beginning Monday provided by the Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority was discussed during Thursday's Village Council meeting.

• Salon 807 installs officers
  

  An installation was conducted by Marian Darr, chapeau departemental, at the dinner meeting of the held at the Wintersville American Legion Post.

• Amsterdam plans free Music Night
  

  A free Music Night featuring local talent will be held Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Amsterdam Gazebo.

City Description

Wintersville is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 4,067. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. During Morgan's Raid, a decisive Union victory in the Civil War in 1863, Confederate Brid. Gen. John Hunt Morgan traveled through the Moorefield, Harrisville, New Athens, Smithfield, New Alexandria, Wintersville, Two Ridge, Richmond, East Springfield, Bergholz, and Monroeville on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville. Wintersville is located at 40°22′38″N 80°42′23″W / 40.37722°N 80.70639°W / 40.37722; -80.70639 (40.377190, -80.706510). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,067 people, 1,743 households, and 1,188 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,154.4 people per square mile (446.1/km²). There were 1,802 housing units at an average density of 511.5/sq mi (197.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 92.82% White, 6.02% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.02% from other races, and 0.91% from two

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Ohio
• Jefferson County
• Cross Creek Township

Source: Wintersville, Ohio on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under the GFDL

• Follansbee, West Virginia
• Weirton, West Virginia
• Wellsburg, West Virginia
• Mingo Junction, Ohio
• Toronto, Ohio