Jefferson County News

OLIVITO, Judge Dominick E., age 87, of Steubenville, Ohio, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Trinity West following an extended illness, MDS/sedero blastic anemia.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is looking into whether a July 1 early morning break-in of more than 100 storage units at the Empire Mini Storage is related to a string of similar break-ins in Columbiana and Mahoning counties.

Jefferson County authorities have two men in custody after a traffic stop overnight sends officers on a wild ride.

Area residents who donated blood on Media Day Blood Drive for the American Red Cross Jefferson County Chapter know the importance of the act.

In Jefferson County, a New Alexandria man, Robert County, made a disturbing find in a local creek - a cat stuffed inside a microwave and tossed into the water.

To participate in a cleanup on the streets of the Labelle neighborhood, about a dozen residents brought not only rubber gloves and plastic garbage bags.

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

A local red cross is gearing up for its biggest blood drive collection of the year.

The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County held an emergency meeting today at the Downtown Steubenville Public Libr ary.

A second swine flu case has been confirmed in the city. City Health Commissioner Patty Reda said Thursday the second case in Jefferson County is a child who lives in Steubenville.

The meeting will be held today at noon at the Main Library on 407 South Fourth Street in Steubenville.

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.

With the airport being the first thing many visitors see when they arrive in an area, Phil Bender wants to instill a culture of pride and professionalism among the crews at the Jefferson County Air Park.

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday were presented with sample resolutions the county can use to force homeowners with county sewers to disconnect downspouts from the sewer system.

The Jefferson County Drug Task Force and City Police arrested 15 men Wednesday and Thursday in a reverse prostitution sting operation in the downtown area.

Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says he has arrested 46-year old Theodore Tustin of Adena on sex abuse charges.

Approximately 80 customers in Jefferson and Harrison counties remained without electrical power early today, but area residents appeared to have been spared the worst of the weather late Wednesday.

Area residents interested in a criminal justice career now have a new option in pursuing the education to enter the field - Kent State University, Kent State East Liverpool and Jefferson Community College signed an agreement to bring a bachelor's completion program to the JCC campus in Steubenville.

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday signed paperwork with the U.S. Department of Agriculture concerning the Crestview-Belvedere sewer project but wouldn't release the contents of the paperwork.

Two people are behind bars after 10 rounds from a 10 millimeter were unloaded on a truck along State Route 150 just outside of Dillonvale.