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Steubenville Police Lovely look: Police responding to a disturbance call found a woman in the driveway of a residence in the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue “screaming” at a male, Sunday. The man told police he’d been at the woman’s home “and they were drinking” and started arguing so he and his son left, but she followed them to the Lincoln Avenue location “and began honking the horn nonstop,” then banged on the door “trying to get him to come outside. She claimed the man stole $900 from her residence, but admitted she didn’t see him take it, and he told police he ...

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Steubenville Police Family matters: A city resident was booked into the Jefferson County Jail without bond after he allegedly showed up at a family member's Euclid Avenue home for Thanksgiving dinner "heavily intoxicated" and belligerent, Thursday. The hostess said they began arguing shortly after his arrival and when she told him to leave "became all the more upset" and "grabbed a plate full of food and threw it out the back door." Police said food and pieces of the broken plates were still on the porch and walkway when they were talking to the hostess, who claimed when she tried to ...

Today’s birthdays

Nov. 29 Liz Cook, Mingo Junction Nov. 30 Jerry Parks, Mingo Junction

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Steubenville Police Dog days: A Ridge Avenue woman told police she needed help getting a male to leave her home, Monday. She said the two of them argued because he “let her dogs outside and left them.” When he wouldn’t leave her home, she admits “grabbing his coat and pulling him out of the residence” and claims he “threatened to burn her house down with (her) dogs inside” but there were no witnesses. Once he realized she’d called police he fled, she said. Got the boot: A juvenile told police he saw “a male in all black banging and yelling” at a residence in the ...

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Steubenville Police Pained: Callers reported a man in the area of Sunset Boulevard near McDowell Avenue “sitting on the sidewalk and possibly needing assistance,” Monday. Callers said he was laying in the grass when they found him. The man said he was “complaining of chest pain and stated he laid down because he thought he was having a heart attack,” but told police he had been drinking (the night before) and was attempting to walk to his residence.” ‘Tis the season: Employees at Wal-Mart allege a woman tried to leave the store with a purse full of merchandise she ...