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Taking a ride

Hancock County Savings Bank partnered with Communicycle and the East Liverpool City Health District to provide free bicycles and helmets to area residents during a distribution event hosted by the City of Chester. Pictured, from left, are Philip Poling, Ethan Arner, Ellen Hartley and Mallory ...

Local Briefs

County road work detailed STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Highway Department’s work schedule for the week beginning Monday includes: • Chip and seal: Wells Township • Spot paving: County Road 54 (State Park-Mooretown Road) • Pavement milling: County Road 43 (Ross ...

Mobile lung cancer screening unit to visit Hancock County

MORGANTOWN — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hancock County offering low-dose computed tomography scans. LUCAS — an acronym for lung cancer screening — is a service of WVU Medicine and the WVU Cancer Institute, and has ...

D.O.R.A. approved, demolition eyed in Toronto

TORONTO — Toronto Council Monday approved the third and final reading for a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area and learned the demolition of the former Cooper Hardware building is slated to begin on Friday. The designation will allow visitors to establishments along North Fourth Street ...

Appeal arguments continue over East Palestine settlement

EAST PALESTINE — The appeal of last year’s $600 million settlement between Norfolk Southern and residents impacted by the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment and chemical spill is dead in the water, a brief filed in Cincinnati’s Sixth Court on behalf of appellees insists. “Some cases present ...

AEP foundation helps United Way

The United Way of Jefferson County has received a $10,000 donation from the AEP-Ohio Foundation. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Mike Sikora, AEP key accounts manager; Charles McGowan, AEP Steubenville DSS; Marci Snyder-Crawford, executive director of the United Way; and Frank ...