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Regional roundup

Engineer releases

work schedule

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Engineer James Branagan issued the county highway department work schedule for next week:

¯ Ditching: Bloomingdale-Smithfield-Chandler Road (county Road 23); and Unionport Road (county Road 39).

¯ Slip repair: Glen Robbins Road (county Road 1) will close at 7 a.m. on Monday for about four weeks at a location 0.25 mile northwest from the intersection of county Road 2 in Glen Robbins.

¯ Bridge replacements: Smithfield Station-Weems Road (county Road 25) is closed at a point 0.7 mile north of state Route 151 at intersection of township Road 177. Rush Run Road (county Road 17) is closed at a point 3.88 miles west of the intersection of state Route 7. Both projects are expected to be completed by the end of the month, Branagan said.

USW to hold

retirement meeting

WEIRTON — The United Steelworkers Union Local 2911 will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the upstairs of the union hall, 2971 West St., for employees considering retirement.

The meeting will focus on the retirement process and the benefits available to ArcelorMittal retirees.

Shots fired at

Ohio college

URBANA — Gunshots fired inside a dormitory at a small liberal arts college in central Ohio have resulted in a lockdown and the arrest of two students.

The Urbana Daily Citizen reports Urbana Police Chief Matt Lingrell says no one was injured Tuesday afternoon at Urbana University, roughly 45 miles west of Columbus.

The school was placed on lockdown after police arrived.

Two students were subsequently arrested. Eighteen-year-old Hunter Donnan of Huber Heights has been charged with trafficking marijuana, and 21-year-old Ryon Lucas of Trotwood with aggravated robbery.

Lingrell says additional charges are possible.

Court records don’t indicate if Donnan has an attorney. A message seeking comment was left Friday with Lucas’ attorney.

Deadly year on

Great Lakes in 2018

HOLLAND, Mich. — A water safety nonprofit group says 2018 has been a deadly year on the Great Lakes, with at least 110 drownings recorded.

The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project , which has tracked drowning deaths since 2010, says this is the first year that it’s recorded more than 100 drownings. The Holland Sentinel reports the hot summer may have been a factor in the increase. The deaths include 39 in Lake Michigan and 35 in Lake Erie.

The deaths have prompted efforts to increase safety along Great Lakes beaches. Among those who died was 20-year-old Brandon Schmidt, who drowned in Lake Michigan in August off of western Michigan. WOOD-TV reports his mother Brandi Donley notes that warning signs, safety equipment, education and training are needed.

Donley says: “It can happen to anyone.”

Boy accused of

high-speed chase

CLEVELAND — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy in Ohio accused of his second high-speed police chase in 13 months has been charged with grand theft and criminal damaging.

Cleveland.com reports the boy also was charged in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court with failing to comply with a police order. Police in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn said the boy took off in his mother’s SUV around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after she took away his video game console.

Police say officers chased him as he sped down a road the wrong way, reaching speeds of 70 to 90 mph. The chase ended about 30 minutes later when the boy crashed into a parked truck and received minor injuries.

Authorities say he led police on a 100-mph chase last fall. No one was injured

From staff and wire reports

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