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Council moves to expand Weirton parking restrictions

WEIRTON – Weirton Council took the first step, Tuesday, in amending a section of the city's parking code governing the parking of vehicles on unimproved areas of an individual's property. Council approved, through a 6-0 vote, the first reading of an ordinance amending Articles 351 and 541 ...

Cost of living drives battleground Senate race in Ohio

As inflation concerns dominate the midterm landscape, the candidates in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race are offering competing solutions to bring costs down. Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a ...

Sinclair Building targeted for 'public nuisance' designation

STEUBENVILLE — The city of Steubenville wants a judge to declare the 111-year-old Sinclair Building at Fourth and Market streets a “public nuisance.” The petition, filed Tuesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court, asks the court to force the owners to repair the building or demolish ...

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Birthdays Sept. 10 Judy Woldgang, Follansbee Ben Boyd, Bloomingdale Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE E-bike breakout: An E-bike rider told police his brakes gave out and he crashed into a car in the 600 block of Carnegie Street Tuesday. Police said Malachi Cochran, 18, 1506 Oregon, told them he was northbound on Carnegie when he realized his bike could not stop and he crashed into a vehicle. OVI charged: A Martins Ferry man was charged after callers in the 600 block of Oxford Sunday reported a man who “was possible intoxicated” had struck multiple vehicles and was trying to ...

Wheeling to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

WHEELING — Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom said remembrance ceremonies for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are just as important now as ever, and perhaps even more important. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on American ...

Toronto man dies in SR 152 crash

RICHMOND — A Toronto man was killed Tuesday following a single-vehicle crash near Richmond. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, James A. Clark, 70, was driving a 2024 Jeep Gladiator north on state Route 152 at about 4:26 p.m. when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, overturned and struck a tree. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Multiple emergency crews responded including the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Belvedere, Unionport, Hopedale and Wintersville Fire Departments. The crash remains under ...