News Stories for March 2009
Stories for Monday, March 30
Man Injured In Brooke County Gas Station Blaze
One person was injured and part of state Route 2 was closed after fire broke out at a Brooke County gas station Monday.The fire broke out at the Chevron station on Route 2 around 10:30 a.m., dispatchers said.Crews said a gas station employee was working on a car in a ...
Firefighter Injured In New Martinsville Blaze
Fire broke out at a home in New Martinsville late Sunday afternoon and as crews fought the flames, one firefighter suffered an injury.It happened at a home on Helen Street.Fire Chief Larry Couch told NEWS9 a firefighter who responded hurt his ankle while fighting the blaze. He was taken to ...
Fight To Keep Martins Ferry Dispatchers Heats Up
Things got heated inside the Martins Ferry city building late Sunday as talks continued surrounding several police dispatcher positions.The city is fighting to find a way to prevent three dispatchers from being laid off, after the police chief announced recent budget changes would force the cuts.In an emergency meeting Sunday, ...
Brooke County Boy Airlifted After Falling Over Retaining Wall
A Brooke County boy was airlifted after he fell over a retaining wall late Sunday afternoon and suffered serious head injuries.Sheriff Richard Ferguson told NEWS9 the accident happened in the Horseshoe Bend area off state Route 2.Ferguson said the child involved was an 11-year-old boy. He fell and was knocked ...
Stories for Sunday, March 29
Pennsylvania Police Catch Shooting Suspect After Warning Valley Officers
Police out of Pennsylvania contacted Valley authorities late Saturday and asked them to be on the lookout for a possible shooting suspect.However, shortly after the Aliquippa, Penn., police called Wheeling dispatchers, local authorities said the Pennsylvania officers caught their suspect.The police out of Beaver County, Penn., caught their person of ...
Major Fire Destroys Valley Business
State Route 7 near the Jefferson-Belmont county border is reopened in all directions after a fire early Sunday morning shut part of the roadway down.Fire crews from Marshall, Belmont, and Jefferson counties were called in to help battle the blaze.The fire broke at Kulls Packing in Yorkville sometime before 2 ...
Valley Bridge Repair Starting Soon
The Ohio Department of Transportation is set to begin work Monday to repair the State Route 152 bridge over U.S. Route 22 in Jefferson County.The repairs are set for the section of the roadway at the Bloomingdale exit.SR 152 will be closed to traffic starting Monday for 65 days, and ...
Stories for Saturday, March 28
Hancock County Crash Injures Two People
Dispatchers in Hancock County told NEWS9 two people were taken to the hospital late Saturday after an accident.Crews said the crash happened on Route 30 near the intersection of Route 8, located outside of Chester.Officials said two cars were involved in the crash.The people taken to the hospital are expected ...
Town Working To Prevent Dispatcher Layoffs
The mayor of Martins Ferry told NEWS9 Saturday that the city is working to prevent police dispatcher layoffs.Mayor Phil Wallace said the dispatchers are a "lifeline of the police department," and he said the finance committee is set to meet at 6 p.m. Sunday to try to prevent any job ...
Second Round Of Vandalism Reported At Local Business
Police in Follansbee are stepping up patrols in one neighborhood after a rash of vandalism.Dispatchers told NEWS9 that Dan's Auto Glass has been the target of vandals, not once, but twice in just a week. The most recent incident happened early Saturday.Dan Yost owns the auto glass shop, and he ...
Burned Bellaire Building Under Demolition
After much debate, controversy and a lawsuit, a building Bellaire residents called an eyesore is slowly coming down brick by brick.Demolition of the Barsi Building in downtown Bellaire began Saturday.The building has been the center of much debate after severe damage was left behind after a major fire that happened ...
Fire Breaks Out At Local Nursing Home; Residents Evacuated
The Barnesville Fire Department is working to determine the cause of a fire at an area nursing home.Crews arrived at the Barnesville Health Care Center, located at 400 Carrie Ave., just before 5 a.m.Officials told NEWS9 the fire was discovered in a storage closet.All 44 residents inside the facility were ...
Stories for Friday, March 27
Police Recover Largest Heroin Find In East Liverpool City History
The biggest heroin find in East Liverpool city history was locked into evidence Friday and a New Jersey man was locked in a jail cell.Local officers and federal agents raided a home at 324 Blakely Street and said they recovered and estimated 2,000 units of heroin worth about $50,000.“We're hoping ...
Traffic Patterns To Change On Veterans Memorial Bridge
Traffic patterns are shifting again at the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Steubenville and Weirton. The West Virginia Division of Highways notified NEWS9 that the left lanes of U.S. Route 22 eastbound and westbound on the bridge will be closed to traffic starting April 1.The closure will be in effect 24 ...
Men Found Guilty Of Brutal Attack In Wheeling
Two men were found guilty of malicious assault for attacking a man so badly he was put in intensive care.Derek Brown and Julius Hurt beat the Martins Ferry man last year in East Wheeling.The prosecution played surveillance video from several cameras in the area of the beating, which was key ...
Man Pleads Guilty To Wheeling Slaying
A Dayton man will go to prison for at least three years after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.Shawn Brookins, 24, was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Friday but instead reached a plea deal.Brookins was charged in the death of Eric Crayton, who was killed in Wheeling in May 2008.Shawn Turak, ...
Brooke County To Submit $8.9 Million Budget To State
Brooke County commissioners said that although they will meet the state's Saturday deadline to submit their budget, that doesn't necessarily mean the budget is set in stone."Our budget is based on projections -- projected budgets, incomes, taxes," said Bernard Kazienko, Brooke County commissioner.Kazienko said those projections aren't promises and departments ...
Steubenville Man Charged With Raping Child
A Steubenville man was arraigned Friday on charges he raped a young child.Robert Hummel, 44, is charged with two counts of rape of a juvenile under the age of 10.Police said the case stems back to 2008 and said Hummel confessed to the crimes.Hummel's bond was set at $500,000.A preliminary ...
Struggling Economy Plus Tax Season Equals Stress
With tax season hitting during a struggling economy, NEWS9 got several useful tips from David Williams, director of the IRS' Electronic Tax Administration. File Electronically If you need your refund immediately, electronic filing is the way to go. Williams says if you file online your money will arrive in eight ...
Union Expresses Disapproval By Displaying Giant Rat Alongside Road
A local sheet metal union is protesting a contracting job by displaying a giant balloon in the shape of a rat along a busy road.Wheeling District Sheet Metal Union Local 33 positioned the 15-foot rat along University Boulevard in Steubenville.Union members said the protest is targeted at Massaro Corp., based ...
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