Police reports

July 18, 2025

Follansbee Police Charged: Thomas E. Allen Jr., 32, 850 Gilbert Ave., Follansbee, second-offense domestic assault, Wednesday. West Virginia State Police Charged: Mark A. Galiano Jr., 26, 136 Putney Ridge Road, Colliers, driving while license revoked for driving under the influence, no seat belt, expired inspection, possession of a controlled substance, fleeing in a vehicle and on foot and on warrants for burning during a prohibited period and unlawful disposal of litter, Wednesday. Jefferson County Sheriff Dysfunctional: An Adena man said his daughter’s boyfriend was refusing ...

Today’s birthdays

July 17, 2025

Tristen McDonald, Mingo Junction Ken Mazik, Mingo Junction

Marriage applications

July 17, 2025

The following marriage applications were recorded in Jefferson County: Edward Lee Holmes of Mingo Junction and Susan Marie King of Steubenville William Merrill Speaker and Karlie Alberta Gray, both of Steubenville Heather Nicole Cholewinski of Wintersville and Audrianna Verhovec of Rayland Jonathan Michael Haught of Wintersville and Jocelyn Christine Wolpert of Steubenville Cody James Saltsman and Jillian Schaffer Swinsinski, both of Steubenville Hunter Joseph Brown of Rayland and Seirra Rayna Harris of Toronto Christopher Ryan Gorney and Melissa Michelle Smith, both of ...

Police reports

July 17, 2025

Follansbee Police Charged: Jayson R. Noble, 25, 520 Rockdale Road, shoplifting, Tuesday. Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Michael T. Vietmeier, 44, 321 Lee Road, Follansbee, fugitive from justice, Friday. Charged: Brandi D. Thomas, 33, 58 Leon St., Wellsburg, domestic battery, Sunday. Wintersville Police Cited for speeding: Eugene Frye, 69, 812 Second St., Brilliant; Harleigh Schaffer, 23, 86101 Miller Station Road, Hopedale; Riley A. Farrar, 23, Pittsburgh; Lance H. Edwards, 25, New Castle, Del.; Ronald D. Eskridge, 20, 101 Garden Drive; Karissa L. Gillespie, 31, Lancaster, ...

Police reports

July 16, 2025

Steubenville Police Boys being bad: Three juveniles causing problems in Wal-Mart over the last few weeks were tracked down, Sunday. Employees said they’d asked them to leave and they did, but this time they wanted the kids, all wearing school T-shirts, identified so they could be trespassed from the store. Police located the trio on the other side of the mall and after identifying them, spoke with their parents and advised them of the complaint and that the kids are not permitted in Wal-Mart. Brotherly love: Someone reported hearing a disturbance in the 100 block of South Fifth ...

Police reports

July 15, 2025

Weirton Police Vance Lytle, 27, 53 Gullette Lane, Weirton, city capias, July 7, arrested following a call of a male standing in the middle of Marland Heights Road. Vandellia Hearn-Winland, 42, 3172 Hill St., Weirton, Brooke County capias, Hancock County warrant, Weirton capias, July 7, arrested on warrants after receiving a call that she was dropped off by Pennsylvania State Police at the Weirton Municipal Building. Steubenville Police Boys being bad: Three juveniles causing problems in Walmart over the last few weeks were tracked down, Sunday. Employees said they’d asked them ...