Steubenville News

Four part-time recreation department security guards will receive a pay raise and two more dilapidated houses will come down following legislative approval during Tuesday's City Council meeting.

"Walk on the Water" is the title for two days of praise and worship and an experience to have an encounter with Jesus presented by the men and ladies of purpose at the House of Faith, 1913 Estelle Ave., ...

The Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority board of trustees officially certified a proposed 15-year operating plan that will now be sent to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for approval.

CASINO NIGHT: -- The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce will host a reverse drawing and casino night Aug.

A local civil rights leader said he was "energized by the training and speakers" last week at the 99th-annual national convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Fred Burns, incoming superintendent for the city school district, wants the community to become a partner in educating the pupils and students enrolled in the district.

OBLOCKOVICH, Emma "Baba," 85, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio.

Michael Harris, 52, of Steubenville, is accused of stabbing Jill Howard to death more than 20 years ago.

The Jefferson County Farm Bureau is sponsoring Life Line Screening for ultrasound tests searching for carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease and atrial fibrillation ...

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday learned the county will be receiving more than $425,000 for two projects from the Ohio Public Works Commission.

A St Louis couple stopped in the area Monday to speak out against a former Somerset Catholic priest who was arrested earlier this month and charged with child abuse in Maryland.

PAPROCKI, Stanley J. Jr., 90, of Steubenville, Ohio, died Friday, July 11, 2008, in Valley Hospice North.

The three women were inspecting their work, looking for weeds. "Those two shrubs on each end will need regular watering or they won't make it," Debby Beatty told City Recreation Director Dwan Johnson.

Several local police departments are hearing static as officer's radios aren't working properly.

What did I do on my summer vacation? Not too much, and that was just enough. The Home Office in Wichita came for a weeklong visit.

A few more months of construction may be possible on Lincoln Avenue in Steubenville.

The investigation of the arson fire that destroyed the Colonial Baptist Church at 201 Gumps Lane more than a week ago is ongoing.

City Council Tuesday unanimously approved two re-zoning requests effectively clearing the way for Albert Motors Inc.

The Cattrell Co. of Toronto submitted the only bid Wednesday for air conditioning at the Martin Luther King Jr.

Steubenville resident Michael L. Harris pleaded innocent Wednesday to the 1987 murder of Jill Howard - an 18-year-old woman found stabbed to death 61 times in Webster Alley.