Community Briefs

March 31, 2026

Mingo Council adjusts meeting schedule MINGO JUNCTION — Village Council has had to adjust its meeting schedule for the month of April. Mayor Judy Ruckman said council normally meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month but two council members won’t be available on those dates and a third, who resigned, has not been replaced. “This month only, meetings will be April 7 and April 21,” she said. Business meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the village building, 501 Commercial St., Mingo Junction. Steubenville Twp. special meeting Tuesday MINGO JUNCTION — Steubenville ...

Daily Happenings

March 28, 2026

Police Beat Jefferson County Drug Task Force Man charged after search – A Mingo Junction man was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on felony drug charges after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force searched his home Thursday. Joseph W. Francis, 39, of 132 Garfield Ave., was booked without bond on charges of possessing fentanyl and crack cocaine. Police said they seized 94 grams of a substance believed to be fentanyl and two grams believed to be crack cocaine. The raid involved the task force, Jefferson County Special Response Team, the sheriff’s department and ...

Daily Happenings

March 27, 2026

Police Beat Steubenville Police Agitated: A woman living in the 500 block of Dock Street called the police station asking for help Wednesday. A bystander directed police to an apartment in the 400 block of N. Sixth Street, where they spoke with a man who said he and his ex had been arguing and she “left the area after crashing her vehicle into a small tree” Wednesday. Police said the vehicle had front-end damage along with minor damage to the tree. The man told police she had left the car and was walking on Dock Street when he last saw her. When police located the woman, she was ...

Daily Happenings

March 25, 2026

March 25 Jeannie Roberts, Mingo Junction Police Beat Steubenville Police Driver cited: A juvenile was cited after he allegedly told police he was trying to plug a cord into a port in his 2013 Chevy when he collided with a school bus at the intersection of Fifth and Logan on Monday. A classmate who was in his car sustained a head injury and was bleeding, police said. The impact pushed the bus into a third vehicle, which then was pushed into a fourth vehicle, both unoccupied. The impact pushed the juvenile’s car into a fifth vehicle, pushing it into a sixth vehicle; both were ...

Community Briefs

March 25, 2026

Palm Sunday service set WEIRTON — St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Three Springs Drive in Weirton will hold its Palm Sunday service at noon Sunday, with the Rev. Steven McKeown from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Steubenville. The organist will be Eric Fithyan. The public is welcome to attend. For information, call the church at (304) 723-4120. Council to meet Thursday FOLLANSBEE — Follansbee Council will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the City Building to finalize the budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Brooke High School to present musical WELLSBURG — ...

Birthdays

March 24, 2026

March 21 Janet Pillar, Toronto March 22 Curly Patterson, Mingo Junction March 24 Danny Howard, Mingo Junction Kevin Nicholas, Mingo Junction