Tiltonsville News

A Wintersville man who threatened a judge and a city man who spit blood on an officer were among the 12 people indicted by the Jefferson County grand jury on Wednesday.

The state fire marshal and the BCI are investigating after a fire broke out at Smith Oil Company in Tiltonsville.

Officials with the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County say the governor is proposing a 50 percent cut to public library funding that has already seen a 20-percent reduction.

Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 ; 01:16 PM 35 employees could lose their jobs if legislators make funding cuts.

Faced with a proposed 50 percent cut to public library funding in Ohio, library officials are hoping residents protest to such a degree that state officials have to take note.

ENSELL, James A. "Jimmy" III, 45, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, at home.

RAYLAND a ' Sherri M. Yocum and Brian L. Palmer were united in marriage May 23 at Meadowbrook Church of God.

HINDMAN, Brenda Lee Schultz, 46, of Benwood, W.Va., died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in the Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling.

A truck hit a house in Yorkville around 8 p.m. Sunday then left the scene, but police located the truck driver because of a license plate found in the yard of the home.

A man is facing charges after police said he crashed his truck into a home in Jefferson County.

The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County has branches in the following locations: Steubenville Downtown , Adena, Steubenville West End , Brilliant, Tiltonsville, Dillonvale, and Toronto.

Other Stories by Brittany Allison RAYLAND, OHIO -- A fire destroys a home in Rayland overnight.

Jefferson County commissioners on Thursday said the board isn't interested at this time in making any changes in who the county purchases water from for the south end of the county.

Flames lighted the sky early Sunday morning and resulted in the closing of the northbound lanes of state Route 7, when firefighters from several counties and two states battled a blaze at the Kull Packing Co.

MINGO JUNCTION a ' Kathy Moreland and David Lester announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ashley, to Justin Turnbull, son of Sherry Turnbull of Brilliant and Robert and Carolyn Turnbull of Wintersville.

These days some volunteers are hard to come by. Longer work days and more family obligations add up to less time for community service, and that's particularly true for many of our volunteer fire departments.

The Jefferson Metropolitan Housing Authority will receive $1.6 million in federal stimulus money to be used for a variety of capital improvement projects.

Brian Harvey was 14 years old when he joined the village junior firefighters. Harvey wanted to join because his mother, grandfather and two uncles already were part of the 45-member department.

Brush fires reported around the Ohio Valley today. Story by Dave Elias Email Bio Other Stories by Dave Elias Jefferson County -- A brush fire near the Belmont and Jefferson County line forced one lane of State ...

Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says it is one of the dirties houses he has ever been in.