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Lawsuits mount over Brooke locker room cameras

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WELLSBURG – A total of nine individual lawsuits now have been filed on behalf of female student-athletes who utilized the girls locker rooms at Brooke High School since the start of the new school year. The complaints – filed in Brooke County Circuit Court – seek monetary damages for the students in an amount to be determined at trial, along with interest, court costs and attorney fees. Four of the young women are students at Brooke High School, while the other five are visiting students forced to use the girls locker room at Brooke County High School, according to information ...

AEP Ohio Grant helps fill Indian Creek school pantries

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WINTERSVILLE — A $2,000 grant from the AEP Ohio Foundation will help stock pantries at Indian Creek schools and provide students with food, clothing and hygiene supplies. District Treasurer/CFO Adam Lewis applied for the grant after company officials presented the opportunity. Applicants ...

Toasting History

Community

I am sure that most of you dear readers will know by now that there is going to be a new business coming to downtown Steubenville soon. If all goes to plan, next year we will be enjoying drinks at the new OYO Brewing Company on Market and S. Fourth St. This brewery will be the first in Steubenville since about 1919 but our brewing past goes back to our very beginnings as a community. I thought it would be interesting to look at our brewing heritage here in town. A number of years ago I purchased a book called Brewing Beer in the Ohio Valley by Dr. Robert A Musson. This book is part of a ...

Blue Mass marks anniversary of terror attacks

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WEIRTON – While 25 years have passed since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, those in the Weirton community want to make sure the memories of that tragic day are not soon forgotten. As has become a tradition over the last several years, area residents gathered at St. Joseph the Worker ...

Daily Happenings

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Birthdays Sept. 12 Bryan Platko, Toronto Sept. 13 Adrian “Ziggy” Ferroni, Steubenville Preston Woods, Steubenville Police Beat JEFFERSON COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE Drug, gun charges filed: A Steubenville man was taken into custody Thursday after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force, assisted by Steubenville police, searched a home at 2616 Sunset Boulevard. Police said Garrett Freeman, 60, was charged in Steubenville Municipal Court with possession of drugs and having weapons while under disability. Task Force Commander Sheriff’s Deputy Maj. Chris Vinci ...

Decker spurs creativity in multimedia program

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BLOOMINGDALE — Renee Decker is new to the classroom at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, but her goal is to spur creativity among her students in the multimedia and design program. Decker, a Steubenville native, began her new position in August and said she is excited to get ...