WEIRTON — A local businessman known for helping individuals find their new home has set his sights on a different type of house.

Standing before family and friends Wednesday morning in the Weirton Room of the Millsop Community Center, Tony Viola II, broker and owner of Howard Hanna Mortimer Realty, announced his intentions to seek public office, with an eye on representing residents of Hancock and Brooke counties in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Viola said his inspiration to file for the Republican nomination for the District 2 seat – currently held by Del. Mark Zatezalo, R-Hancock – was his years of community service, where he has worked alongside, and learned from, a variety of people and seen the efforts of others to guide the region.

“A lot of it has to do with my profession

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