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Elder law can be tricky

STEUBENVILLE — Proper legal planning is an essential part of the aging process and could help people save money and avoid concerns down the road. That was the message Jon Corra of the Jarvis Law Office shared with members of the Steubenville Kiwanis Club during Tuesday’s meeting at the ...

Shots fired during Mingo Junction domestic violence call

MINGO JUNCTION — Charges are pending against a man who allegedly shot at his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and a police officer responding to a domestic violence call Thursday at a residence in the 300 block of McLister Avenue. Police Chief Willie McKenzie said the alleged gunman, William Hannah, 30, of 619 Linden Ave., Steubenville, told him afterward that he wanted a shootout with police so he could commit “suicide by cop.” Hannah is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail on pending charges of felonious assault, domestic violence, menacing and reckless discharge ...

Downtown music

Ross Gallabrese Mr. Fancy Pants entertained area residents who attended Friday's Second First Friday on Fourth Event. The evening included the sixth-annual live karaoke competition, and Marc Barnes, president of the Harmonium Project, which organizes the monthly street fair, said that a ...

Hancock commissioners hire outside counsel for opioid funding agreement

NEW CUMBERLAND — One week after deciding to seek outside counsel to represent Hancock County in negotiations over the distribution of a portion of the county’s opioid funding, county commissioners have selected a law firm. Commissioners, meeting in regular session Friday morning, agreed ...

New Students Get the Big Red Welcome

STEUBENVILLE — As incoming freshmen and their families entered Steubenville High School Wednesday, they were given a checklist of things to find, from its greenhouse to advice from a senior class member, at its STEM center and other areas of the building and grounds. The scavenger hunt was ...

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners got permission Thursday to secure outside legal counsel as a three-member board rather than individually. A county official had said it’s “in the county’s best interest” for the three commissioners to have common legal counsel ...