Franciscan University of Steubenville News

City Council on Tuesday approved plans to vacate part of Franklin Avenue to allow Franciscan University of Steubenville officials to pursue possible development plans.

The black bear that made several stops in Steubenville during the holiday weekend appeared to be heading west early today.

The beginning of a new school year often marks the start of transitions, as pupils advance from one grade level to the next.

Dennis Cooney, pastor of St. Raphael's Parish in Lehigh Acres, is delighted that two students from his parish will be attending Ave Maria University this fall.

"The priesthood is the love, the heart, of Jesus," said Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham, Alabama, addressing over 180 priests from across the U.S. To inflame that love with even greater pastoral devotion, Bishop Baker said he hoped the lay faithful would "engage themselves in prayer and action for our priests" during the recently announced Year ...

Visitors to the Frontier Days festival at Historic Fort Steuben Saturday got a glimpse of what life was like for the area's early settlers, including the troops who lived at the fort while defending the surveyors who were plotting the land now known as Ohio.

Noted theologian Scott Hahn, a teacher, author, and popular speaker, will present a series of talks on St.

Officials with the Franciscan University of Steubenville said Tuesday they have immediate plans to change the main entrance to the campus but noted development proposals for the Green Strip and Franklin Avenue remain in the conceptual stage at this point.

The city's non-union employees were approved for a three percent pay raise to mirror contractual pay raises given to the police, firefighters and non-uniform employees during their current wage agreement.

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Franciscan University of Steubenville Spokeswoman Lisa Ferguson confirms for 7 News that a part time employee is recovering from the H1N1 virus.

The first confirmed case of swine flu in Jefferson County is a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

A security guard on a routine patrol at Franciscan University of Steubenville early Sunday walked into an alleged property theft in progress.

God was smiling down last year when the Franciscan friars at the Franciscan University of Steubenville broke ground for a new monastery.

Fatima Ann Samson Nicdao, 28, is joined by her parents Andrew and Mitos Samson-Nicdao, after receiving her diploma and honor as summa cum laude, Masters of Arts in Education from the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles while teaching full time at an urban Catholic high school in East Los Angeles.

Leading Catholic scholars taught some of the brightest rising stars in American academia last week at the Summer Institute of Catholic Social Thought, co-sponsored by The Society of Catholic Social Scientists and The Cardinal Newman Societya s Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education.

Eighty-eight graduates of the Catholic Central High School Class of 2009 gathered Sunday at Finnegan Fieldhouse on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville to celebrate the end of one facet of their lives and the beginning of another.

"The Bus" stops here Oct. 1. Thanks to sponsorship from and the efforts of Wal-Mart Distribution Center 7017, retired Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis will deliver the keynote address during the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards and dinner meeting.

Patricia Fletcher predicted beautiful weather for Friday's first Salute to Franciscan University Day.

Patricia Fletcher is certain Friday will be a beautiful day. It has to be since Fletcher and the Franciscan University of Steubenville Board of Advisers prepare to recognize 14 graduates who chose to make Jefferson County their home after they finished their studies at the school.