WEIRTON — Area officials are among those hoping to receive a portion of a state grant to fund a series of mural projects across West Virginia in celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Hancock County commissioners were approached Tuesday by Rachel Keeney, director of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Weirton Mayor Dean Harris, seeking support from the county for the application of funding through West Virginia’s America250 Mural Project.

“We’d like to do one in downtown Weirton,” Keeney said. “It’s a nice hub for the area.”

Keeney explained the idea, if approved through the grant program, would be organized through the auspices of the CVB and the Top of West Virginia Arts Council.

She said a specific location for a mural had yet to be selected, althou

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