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JVS earns Auditor of State Award for financial excellence

BLOOMINGDALE — The Jefferson County Joint Vocational School District has been recognized for its strong financial management, receiving the Ohio Auditor of State Award following a clean financial audit. District Treasurer Marcy Haynes accepted the award on behalf of the district from the ...

Steubenville Educators Rising students attend national conference

STEUBENVILLE — Six members of the Steubenville High School chapter of Educators Rising delivered presentations at the organization's national conference in Portland in June. Senior Adelyn Johnson and juniors Sara Sullivan, Stella Schiappa and Clara Hoffman submitted a paper and delivered a ...

Under investigation

Craig Howell An investigation is ongoing following a Tuesday afternoon fire at a vacant structure at 109 Westview Avenue in the Hooverson Heights area of Brooke County. Officials note the fire was reported at around 3 p.m. Tuesday after neighbors saw flames coming from the building. Units ...

WVU Medicine-WMC auxiliary awards $20,000

WEIRTON — Improving lives is at the core of what WVU Medicine-Weirton Medical Center does, David Artman said Wednesday night. "The thing that makes me the most proud, and why I love this job, is because we get to help people," Artman, the hospital's president and CEO, said during the ...

Contraguerro honored as 2026 Italian American of the Year

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival prepares to kick off this weekend, board members, sponsors, friends and family gathered Wednesday evening at Undo's West to honor Bob Contraguerro Jr., the festival's 2026 Italian American of the Year. Contraguerro, ...

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Birthdays July 23 Justin Brokaw, Steubenville Helen Karode, Bloomingdale Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Overindulged: A man who had too much to drink was asked to leave the Sunoco station on South Seventh Street Monday after he became a bother to other customers. He told police the clerk had “ripped him off,” insisting he handed him a $20 bill to pay for a $6 purchase and only received $2 back. The clerk told police the man was “obviously intoxicated” and had only given him two $1 bills, which was not enough to cover the purchase. When the clerk explained that, the ...