Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The productions of “The Miracle Worker” set for today and Sunday at the Franciscan University of Steubenville have been canceled. ¯ ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners moved Thursday to send new sick leave guidelines to elected officials and county departments in response to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The act was recently passed by Congress and signed into law in response to the COVID-19 ...
STEUBENVILLE — Next week state Route 7 between Lincoln Avenue and the Logan Avenue exit is expected to be reduced to one lane in both directions while crews remove heavy boulders and debris that came crashing onto the highway’s berm last week. Lauren Borell, spokesperson for the Ohio ...
COLUMBUS — Ohio has set a new, almost exclusively mail-in primary election for April 28 due to the coronavirus, ignoring the timing recommendations of the state elections chief and some voting-rights groups. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed a sweeping relief bill containing the change ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — The first case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hancock County has been confirmed. The Hancock County Health Department, in a news release Thursday afternoon, announced it had received confirmation of a positive test for the virus. The health department will not be ...
STEUBENVILLE — Eastern Gateway Community College students will continue to learn online, at least for the foreseeable future. The college announced Thursday in-person classes have been postponed at least through April 6. Faculty and staff working from home will continue to do so, the college ...
STEUBENVILLE — Former city patrolman Salvatore Scarafile has had another brush with the law, this time in Wintersville. Scarafile, 30, was taken into custody Wednesday evening after an accident on Woodridge Drive near Burger King and booked into the Jefferson County jail. On Friday, ...
NEWELL — The Homer Laughlin China Co. has a new name and a new focus. Company President Elizabeth McIlvain detailed the transaction in a letter that was distributed to factory employees, as operations currently didn’t allow her to share the news with them personally due to the coronavirus ...
CADIZ — A midday shooting in Cadiz left one injured and both the suspect and the victim behind bars. Charles Williams Jr., 54, of Cadiz was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly shot another man on South Main Street in Cadiz. The shooting occurred just after 3 p.m. less than a ...