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Indian Creek welcomes new teachers

MINGO JUNCTION — Indian Creek Local School District recognized its newest teachers during a reception prior to the Aug. 21 regular school board meeting. Nine names were added to this year’s staff roster, many of whom attended the gathering at the Indian Creek Middle School cafetorium in ...

Autopsy: Person in co-pilot seat in fatal plane crash was intoxicated

HOWLAND — Toxicology results for the six people killed in the June 29 Howland plane crash indicate the person in the co-pilot seat, Timothy Blake, had alcohol, fentanyl and norfentanyl in his blood. “The postmortem drug screen demonstrated acute mixed fentanyl and ethanol intoxication as ...

Local Briefs

Man injured in ATV accident CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP — A man was transported by medical helicopter to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after the utility vehicle he was driving crashed near county Road 74 Tuesday night. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department reported the man was ...

Tressel draws on coaching background to promote fitness

MINGO JUNCTION — It’s been about 14 years since Jim Tressel hung up his coaching cap, but he’s drawn on his more than 30 years of experience in that capacity to offer instruction and encouragement to more than 160,000 fourth- through eighth-graders throughout Ohio. As lieutenant ...

Development focus for Steubenville Council

STEUBENVILLE — Steubenville Council Tuesday heard from developers interested in building a Dollar General store at the city’s South End and received an update from a Jefferson County commissioner on the future of the Eastern Gateway Community College campus. Tony Morelli, president of the ...