Jefferson County News

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday accepted a proposed general fund budget for 2009 that commissioners said won't require as much in cuts as in previous years.

The Jefferson County Fair is asking for participants to take part in the Aug. 16 grand parade, with a 9 a.m. line-up and 10 a.m. start.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is a three-fifths scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.. It stands 6 feet tall at the center and extends about 300 feet from end to end.

Authorities say no one was injured. Story by Kathleen Antill Email Other Stories by Kathleen Antill BERGHOLZ, OHIO -- An early-morning blaze sends crews to the scene of a home in Berholz.

No one is hurt after a house goes up in flames in Jefferson County. The fire broke out around midnight at 120 1st Street in Bergholz.

COVENTRY TWP.: Three baby ospreys got some jewelry on Thursday - a silver-colored federal band on one leg and a blue state band on the other.

A man was airlifted after being rescued from a Jefferson County mine when he was hit by a boulder, officials said.

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.

Four local Boy Scouts are being credited with saving their neighbor's porch from flames thanks to quick thinking and fast action.

State officials have sent an inmate convicted of killing a police officer back to prison after they say he was released almost five years too early.

Country Cousins Advisory Council of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau traveled to Walnut Creek for their monthly meeting at the home of Cora Kirk.

"Celebrating the Fight Back-Surviving and Thriving" was the theme of the seventh-annual Cancer Suriviorship Dinner and if the large attendance was any indication, the thriving part is working well.

An Amish man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

Last week, police arrested 52-year-old Michael Harris on charges of aggravated murder in the death of Jill Howard.

A city man on probation for three years had his probation revoked Monday by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge David Henderson after police found crack cocaine on him.

Starkdale Presbyterian Church is inviting Jefferson County residents to a special worship service to be led by the Rev.

The crash happened on State Route 150 near Dillonvale. Story by Steven Centofanti Email Bio Other Stories by Steven Centofanti DILLONVALE, OH -- A person was killed in a truck accident on State Route 150 around ...

One-Hundred and Forty-Six marijuana plants, two firearms, a rifle, and a shotgun are what deputies in Jefferson County said they found in a home off of State Route 152 in Smithfield early Sunday morning.

Michael L. Harris, 53, of Apartment 1, 1219 State St. was indicted this morning by the Jefferson County grand jury on charges of aggravated murder and murder in connection with the January 1987 stabbing death ...

The name of the suspect has not yet been released. According to Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla, one person has been arrested in connection with the arson fire that destroyed D's Cycle in Wintersville.