News Stories for June 2008
Stories for Monday, June 30
Pair Of OVAC Wrestlers Earn National Titles In Maryland
Wheeling Park's Dirk Bauer and Wheeling Central graduate Zach Basich earned titles this weekend at the National High School Coaches Association Open Wrestling Championships. Bauer defeated an opponent from Alabama in the championship round 9-1. Basich picked up a 3-2 decision over a Virginia opponent. Both Bauer and Basich had ...
Buckeye Northwest Elementary School; WTOV9's Going Green School Of the Month
The students and teachers had not only recycled more than 25,000 pounds of paper and 2,640 bags of plastics in just one week, but they also saved 30 elephants."Some of our teachers signed up with SCHOLASTIC BOOKS and they read books and for the amount of books they read they ...
University Offering Suggestions To Students
Everyone is feeling the pain at the pump, especially college students.School officials at Ohio University Eastern Campus are giving students advice on ways to save."We are offering as much as possible, advise them to take their courses one, two or three days a week," said staff member Crystal Lorimor.Officials are ...
Monroe County Toddler Receives Her Wish
Two-year-old Karley Williams is paving the road for others on how to fight and treat a rare disorder that has taken the lives of many.She faces an uphill battle everyday but Monday was a very special day for the girl.Karley wished she received a new playhouse and Monday morning, her ...
Businesses Cash In On Beast Of The East
Area baseball fields soaked by rain will soon be filled with high school baseball players and their families for the 20th annual Beast of the East tournament. It’s a big cash draw for the Valley as 126 teams from 17 states all spend the weekend in the area."We're delighted to ...
Authorities Investigating Church Fire
A local church went up in flames while parishioners and neighbors watched helplessly as crews battled the blaze.Firefighters aren’t sure whether it was the work of an arsonist or an accidental fire. Authorities do believe they know where the fire started that left the Colonial Baptist Church in a pile ...
Police Ready For Fourth Of July Weekend
As we approach the Fourth of July weekend, deputies are warning drivers that officers will be patrolling the roads with heightened awareness.Ohio County has already seen a record number of DUI arrests this year and deputies aren’t planning on letting up.Over the past weekend, deputies made five DUI arrests, bringing ...
Vehicles Vandalized In Steubenville
Three vehicles in Steubenville were damaged overnight. Police are looking for the people responsible for the vandalism.Police said vandals broke two windshields of vehicles in the 600 block of Lawson Avenue.Police said someone also threw a piece of concrete through the window of an SUV on Granview Avenue.Authorities aren’t sure ...
Arrest Made In Park Fire
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said there is one suspect in custody and the department is planning to arrest another in an arson case at a Richmond park last week.Deputies said two people set fire to a park where children play.Police are not releasing the names of the suspects in ...
Arrest Made In Cycle Shop Fire
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said an arrest has been made in the arson that destroyed D’s Cycle Shop, as well as several bikes and ATVs, in Wintersville last week.The name of the suspect is not being released.Stay with NEWS9 and WTOV9.com for continuing coverage. For more local news, click ...
Parishioners React To Church Fire
Parishioners at the Colonial Baptist Church in Wintersville spent almost a decade raising money to build their church. Many spent a sleepless night Sunday watching it burn.Parishioners once stood together inside in worship. They now stand on the street in shock, in sorrow and in support of each other and ...
Local Residents Ride For 'Eight Days Of Hope'
Four local residents are putting the pedal to the metal, or the wheels to the pavement, as a 4,400-mile bike ride gets under way Monday.The group is riding to benefit “Eight Days Of Hope” to raise money and awareness for Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts.The ride will start in ...
AEP To Hold Informational Meeting
American Electric Power is holding a public information meeting to update the community on their construction at the Cardinal Plant in Brilliant, Ohio.The meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m. in the Buckeye North Middle School gymnasium. For more local news, click here.
Fire Takes Over Local Church
Fire crews battled a blaze at the Colonial Baptist church in Wintersville, Ohio, on Monday morning.Jefferson County 911 dispatch told News9 the fire started around midnight.Four different fire departments fought the blaze. No one was injured.Church Pastor Randy Sells told News9 he couldn't believe the news." I thought it was ...
Stories for Sunday, June 29
Severe Weather Knocks Power Out To Thousands
Two hundred AEP customers are without power in Jefferson County, and it is not expected to be restored until Monday afternoon.764 Belmont county customers are expected to have their power restored by 1 a.m. Monday.Power was restored to 476 Carroll County AEP customers around 11:30 Sunday Night.For up-to-the-minute local weather ...
Power Restored; Residents Have Other Worries
The village of Irondale had a pre Forth of July fireworks show on Friday night when a 565-pound transformer exploded.One neighbor who lives in front of the explosion described what she saw."Lighting had hit the tree and it fell on the cable and as soon as the tree fell on ...
2008 OVAC All-Star Football Game Rosters Set
2008 OVAC ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME ROSTERS Ohio Roster Name School Jake Antolak - St. ClairsvilleMichael Bachie - BridgeportShane Bishop - Buckeye LocalSam Bond-Zielinski - Buckeye TrailSteve Beros - Buckeye TrailZane Carter - WellsvilleRobbie Davia - Harrison CentralBrock Davis - Buckeye TrailAdam Eagleson - MeadowbrookJohn Earliwine - St. ClairsvilleJonathan Figel - ...
Stories for Saturday, June 28
Lightning Strikes Natural Gas Tank
Lightning struck a natural gas tank in Harrison County Saturday evening."Lightening hit directly on the tank detinating the gas inside the tank and caused the bottom to fly off," said egineer Greg Kimble.The explosion from the fire sent the tank hundreds of feet into an open field on County Road ...
Fundraiser Held For Local Injured Solider
An war veteran from Toronto, Ohio was seriously injured in Iraq, losing both legs when his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device.Saturday afternoon, friends, family and hundreds of local bikers gathered to help support 22-year-old Nathan SchamingOne of those participants was Kenny Butler, who lost his own son ...
Stories for Friday, June 27
Obama and Clinton Unite; Local Voters React
Sens. Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have spent the last 16 months as rivals, and Friday they made a joint appearance in Unity, N.H.Clinton told Democratic supporters that they are one Democratic Party and one America as they try to take back their country.They said they are working ...
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