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Jefferson County Commissioners special meeting set STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Commissioners have scheduled a special meeting Monday at 9 a.m. to finalize the county’s 2026 budget. The meeting will be held in the commission office, 301 Market St., Steubenville.

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Police Beat Jefferson County Drug Task Force Man charged after search – A Mingo Junction man was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on felony drug charges after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force searched his home Thursday. Joseph W. Francis, 39, of 132 Garfield Ave., ...

Wellsburg coffee shop opens with community spirit

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WELLSBURG — The owner of the 87 Coffee Co. Collective at 130 Sixth St. said she has set out to provide not only a source of warm and cold beverages and a bite to eat but also a place where people will feel comfortable hanging out. Kaitlyn Alt invited everyone attending a ribbon cutting ...

Follansbee welcomes Smoker Friendly Liquor Plus

Business

FOLLANSBEE — Smoker Friendly Liquor Plus has added a location at 1429 Main St. to its chain of tobacco and vape stores. The Brooke County Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed the store to the Follansbee Plaza along state Route 2 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "The community has been ...

The greatest mission need ever

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Emotional and mental health needs have never been higher. Depression and anxiety, loneliness and social isolation, suicide and hopelessness, and countless addictions have become defining struggles of our time. During a public debate on the existence of God, an atheist once asked a theologian, ...

Rates hiked for Jefferson County water, sewer customers

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STEUBENVILLE — Minutes after approving rate hikes for the cash-strapped Water & Sewer District, Jefferson County Commissioners had to front the department nearly $252,000 to cover an upcoming sewer bond payment. Commissioner Jake Kleineke said bailouts like that are one reason the hikes ...