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The election buzz has settled and newly elected officials around the county are already or will soon settle into their new roles — even though the last school board seat in South Routt County did…
May 10, 2021 Harold “Hap” Richard Eighme, 74, of Martins Ferry, Ohio died Friday, May 7, 2021 in Wheeling Hospital with family by his side. He was born to parents Joseph and Geraldine Eighme, on February 9, 1947 in Bridgeport, Ohio. Harold graduated from Bridgeport High School and received bachelor’s degree in education from Miami of Ohio where he played football. He is survived by his son, Shane Eighme and wife Andrea, his daughter, Shaye Pentino and her husband Alex, and his sister Gale Regal and her husband, Bob. He has 5 grandchildren, Dakota, Davis, Eliana, Vanessa, and Gunner. ...
May 10, 2021 Harold “Hap” Richard Eighme, 74, of Martins Ferry, Ohio died Friday, May 7 th, 2021 in Wheeling Hospital with family by his side. He was born to parents Joseph and Geraldine Eighme, on February 9, 1947 in Bridgeport, Ohio. Harold graduated from Bridgeport High School and received bachelor’s degree in education from Miami of Ohio where he played football. He is survived by his son, Shane Eighme and wife Andrea, his daughter, Shaye Pentino and her husband Alex, and his sister Gale Regal and her husband, Bob. He has 5 grandchildren, Dakota, Davis, Eliana, Vanessa, and Gunner...
View Comments Rev. Michael Graham, S.J., was less than a year into his presidency at Xavier University when Timothy Thomas was killed by Cincinnati police. He remembers it was the week of Easter break when the city erupted with the unrest of 2001. When students returned to campus, the university organized an event in response to Thomas' death, in the board room across from his office. It was packed with people, he said, for a “searing” couple of hours. He remembers walking out of the room, reflecting: “What the heck was that?” And then, “In light of this, what should...
Joan Lee Russell, 80, of Bridgeport passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021, at her home. She was born November 1, 1940, in Martins Ferry, a daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha (Laurent) Morgan. She was a retired School Teacher for Bridgeport High School, and a member of the State Retired Teachers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband Norman “Bud” Russell in 2009, and a brother Thomas Morgan in 2021. Joan is survived by her son Patrick Russell of Bridgeport, sisters Pat (Allan) Ketzell of Brook- side, and Shirley Fiscus of St. Clairsville, also two neph...