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STEUBENVILLE POLICE Extremely bad break: An officer at a stop sign at South and Fourth streets reported seeing a motorcycle and a vehicle southbound on Seventh Street “at a high rate of speed” Tuesday. He followed the two of them and said the car had stopped and the driver was “throwing items from the vehicle.” The driver, a woman, told police she was following her ex-boyfriend “because they are going through a bad break-up.” Police couldn’t locate him but she ended up picking up the items she’d tossed out of the vehicle. Striking first: A Market Street resident ...

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Council changes budget hearings STEUBENVILLE — Due to scheduling conflicts, Steubenville City Council has shuffled its budget hearing lineup. Council, sitting as the finance committee, will hear from Municipal Court, maintenance of repair, sanitation and electric on Tuesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Then, on Oct. 20, proposed budgets for engineering, street projects and the water and sewer departments will be pitched beginning at 6 p.m. On Oct. 27, council will hear from the police department as well as parks and recreation. Council also sunshined emergency legislation adopting ...

Brooke County celebrates 4-H

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WELLSBURG – As with others across the country, Brooke County's 4-H clubs are preparing for a week of celebrating the youth leadership organization while showcasing some of what they do. National 4-H Week begins Monday, established as a week recognizing the more than 6 million youth, along ...

Fall festival closes First Fridays

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STEUBENVILLE — While First Fridays on Fourth Street will close out its season this week, planners already are looking ahead to a special year. Celebrating its ninth season, the monthly outdoor street fair run by the Harmonium Project will carry a fall festival theme. "This is it, this is ...

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey is hoping to finally get the state’s Military Hall of Fame up and running, but his administration’s draft rules for its operation face legal scrutiny. Four years after lawmakers created the special hall of fame, Morrisey wants to see it come to fruition under his ...

CommonSpirit Trinity Health System finalizes transition to UPMC

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STEUBENVILLE — City and county officials said Wednesday they are excited about the health care opportunities that will grow from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's acquisition of Trinity Health System. That deal, which was announced a little more than a year ago, is now ...