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Strawberry festival set in Irondale IRONDALE — Irondale Christ Community Church will hold its strawberry festival from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Cost is by donation, and the menu will include hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans and desserts. Post 735 recognizes Memorial Day SMITHFIELD — Commander Tom McCain led the Memorial Day service at American Legion Gwyn Allen Post 735. A flag-raising was held at the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," along with the Pledge of Allegiance. Pat Logsdon sand "My Buddy" in honor of all who had lost a friend in combat. Placings ...

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Police reports STEUBENVILLE POLICE Arrest made in shots fired, chase: A man who allegedly fired multiple shots in the 200 block of S. 5th Street, then led Steubenville police on a high-speed chase a month ago that ended in Washington, Pa., was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Tuesday. Police said Rashad J. Grigsby, 27, of Washington, Pa. was with arrest warrants charging him with improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and discharging a firearm in city limits, along with probation violation. Grigsby had been taken into custody in Washington. Lock out: A woman in the ...

Sermon topics

• Bell Chapel UMC: "Encounters with Jesus: Drop the Stones" • Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "Are You a Witness?" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "In the Hands of the Potter" • Finley Church: 10:45 a.m.: "First Corinthians: A Deep Dive;" 6 p.m.: People's praise night • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): "Blessings ..." • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "FaithWorks" • St. Paul's Church: "Trinity" • Starkdale Presbyterian Church, Wintersville: "Another Counselor" Part II" • Wintersville Church of Christ: "2 Corinthians 8: Generosity" • ...

Police Reports

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 ...