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Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Overstocked: Employees at Walmart alleged a woman fulfilling a Spark shopping order added $201 in merchandise the customer had not ordered Wednesday and attempted to leave the store without paying for it herself. Victim fearful: Callers reported a man hitting a female on Franklin at N. Webster Avenue Thursday. The victim said she had been out with friends and was walking home when the male allegedly “told her she was going home with him and then struck her in the back of her head.” She had no visible injuries but told police she didn’t want him ...

Memorial marker dedication set

ADENA — The Sons of the American Revolution Ebenezer Zane Chapter will hold a memorial grave marker dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday at Rehoboth Pioneer Cemetery, just outside Adena. The grave marker is for David Belknap, who enlisted at the age of 17 on Jan. 13, 1778, in Capt. Grant’s Company of Col. Johnson’s Regiment of the Connecticut Militia that fought in the American War for Independence. After the war, Belknap filed a land claim on Feb. 2, 1807, at the federal land office in Steubenville for a total of 640 acres in what is now Short Creek Township, located around the ...

Memorial marker dedication set

ADENA — The Sons of the American Revolution Ebenezer Zane Chapter will hold a memorial grave marker dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday at Rehoboth Pioneer Cemetery, just outside of Adena. The grave marker is for David Belknap, who enlisted at the age of 17 on Jan. 13, 1778, in Capt. Grant's Company of Col. Johnson's Regiment of the Connecticut Militia that fought in the American War for Independence. After the war, Belknap filed a land claim on Feb. 2, 1807, at the federal land office in Steubenville for a total of 640 acres in what is now Short Creek Township, located around ...

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Bookmobile schedule announced STEUBENVILLE — The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County bookmobile schedule is as follows: Monday, May 31: 10-11 a.m., Country Club Manor; 11-11:45 a.m., Bloomingdale Community Building; 12-1 p.m., Smithfield Presbyterian Church parking lot; 1:15-1:45 p.m., Dewey’s Deli, New Alexandria. Tuesday, June 1: Off the road. Wednesday, June 2: 8 a.m., home deliveries drop-off; 10:30-11:30 a.m., Mingo Senior Center; 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays in Wintersville. Thursday, June 3: 10:30-11:30 a.m., Our Place 50+, First Westminster Presbyterian ...