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Daily Happenings September 11, 2026

Birthdays Sept. 11 Dorothy Mazik, Mingo Junction Jamie Pena, Steubenville Kelsey Vodvarka, Wintersville 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 said they found ...

Smith named interim Weirton sanitary director

Local News September 11, 2026

WEIRTON — With the city's utilities director set to retire next month, the Weirton Sanitary Department took action Thursday to set a continuation of managerial oversight, naming Charles Smith as its interim director. Smith currently holds the position of assistant director for the sanitary ...

Camera club names competition winners

Community September 11, 2026

WINTERSVILLE — The Upper Ohio Valley Camera Club held its annual competition Sept. 1 at Two Ridges Presbyterian Church. Each member was able to enter two photographs in each of 16 categories. All entries were judged by a panel of three professional judges before the meeting. Each entry was ...

Water director advertisement to begin next week

Local News September 11, 2026

WEIRTON — The Weirton Area Water Board will begin advertising in the coming days as part of its search for a new water director. The Water Board, during its meeting Thursday, discussed several aspects of the search, being organized as a result of the upcoming retirement of Utilities ...

9/11 remembrance ceremony a calling for Rabbi Joshua Lief

Local News September 11, 2026

The first remembrance ceremony for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom was part of came one year after those attacks in 2002. He was still in the seminary as a student rabbi, with a small congregation in Lafayette, Louisiana, as his student ...

Five area first responders recognized for role in 9/11 rescue efforts

Local News September 11, 2026

Twenty-five years ago today, what many consider to be the worst domestic terror attack in U.S. history took place as a series of four coordinated strikes by al-Qaeda, using commercial airliners, resulted in the destruction of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, damage to the ...