News Stories for August 2009
Stories for Monday, August 31
Firefighters Raise Post-Layoff Staffing Concerns
There's growing concern with the staffing situation within the Steubenville Fire Department, especially given that three firefighters will lose their jobs Tuesday.Layoff notices will go out Tuesday for two city employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and for three city firefighters.The unions agreed ...
Follansbee Home Sustains Smoke Damage
Fire did significant smoke damage to a home in one of Follansbee's hilltop neighborhoods Monday night, but the family living there managed to escape unhurt.The fire started just after 9 p.m. at 496 Shady Lane.Investigators said it appears to be an electrical fire and is not considered suspicious.
Man Killed After Running Into Interstate Traffic
A man who police said darted into the path of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 Monday night has died from his injuries at Wheeling Hospital.Michael A. Williams, 50, of Springfield, Ohio, had been in a car with 45-year-old Melissa Hunter, also of Springfield, when Hunter called police to report an ...
Wheeling Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty
A man accused in a armed robbery at a local gas station pleaded guilty to the crime.Michael Lake, of Warwood, was charged with robbing the Exxon on National Road in April of this year. Monday, he pleaded guilty to second degree robbery and wanton endangerment.A judge said Lake faces a ...
$9.4 Million Infrastructure Project Comes To Wintersville
They’re calling it a rural tour, led by the Obama Administration, to help the recovery and reinvestment of areas like the Ohio Valley.Monday, it rolled through Jefferson County, bringing with it a cabinet member, a U.S. senator, a congressman, and nearly $10 million. From bad times to better, lawmakers came ...
Grant Helps Fund Local Drug Task Force
A new grant will now help fund the Belmont County Drug Task Force as it continues to help fight the war on drugs.Monday, a check was given to each participating chief in Belmont County. The reimbursements given to the department are almost $800, and will be given several times throughout ...
Man Accused Of Assaulting Gas Station Clerk
A man was charged with assault after he struck a gas station clerk over the weekend, police said.Kris Ingram allegedly assaulted a worker at the downtown Speedway gas station on Third Street, police said.Police said Ingram grabbed the clerk's wrist and hit her in the face. Witnesses said Ingram fled ...
Ohio Schools Making The Grade
In Belmont County, students are being put to the test, and if newly released state ratings are any indication, almost everyone is making the grade.“We are judged in Ohio, in the school systems, by our test scores,” said Ted Downing, superintendent of Bridgeport schools.For the first time ever, a school ...
Adena Sex Offender Pleads Guilty
An Adena man will spend the next year in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for 15 years.Theodore Tustin, 46, pleaded Monday morning to having sexual contact with a minor under the age of 15.Tustin is also mandated to have five years of post-release control after ...
Local Rallies Planned To Promote Health Care
Local rallies are planned for the coming days to promote major health care reform, including one next Sunday in Salem, Columbiana County.They’re being promoted by President Barack Obama’s campaign team.As NEWS9 reported, the rallies are designed to keep a health care overhaul from dying.
Wheeling Jesuit Forms Search Panel To Replace Fired President
Wheeling Jesuit University has formed a search team to find a new president who can assume the post in 2010.Board of Directors Chairman Bill Fisher said two employees, one student and one community representative will help five board members choose candidates to replace the Rev. Julio Giulietti.The Board of Trustees ...
Local Charities Asking For Help
Local charities are in need of help, and they are reaching out for assistance.Officials at the Salvation Army in Jefferson County said they are down to operating on a week-to-week basis, just hoping to receive donations. They said they need more than $1,000 just to get a truck to bring ...
School Nurse Shortage Could Impact Swine Flu Response
Some Ohio school administrators said a shortage of school nurses is of concern should a swine flu outbreak strike.Ohio schools fall short of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's school nurse staffing levels, according to a survey by the National Association of School Nurses. Across the Ohio Valley, some ...
Long-Standing Bridge To Be Torn Down
A bridge that connected Wheeling Island and Bridgeport, Ohio, for more then a century will finally be town down after more than a decade of standing unused.West Virginia Division of Highways District 6 engineer Bob Whipp said the state is seeking bids to tear down the Bridgeport bridge, which was ...
Capitol Theatre Looking For Volunteers To Prep Building
With less than a month left before the opening show at Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, organizers are looking for volunteers to get the building in top shape.Representatives for the theater are inviting anyone from the community to take part in the cleanup, and volunteers with skills like painting and making repairs ...
Woman Dies In I-77 Crash
A fatal crash in Guernsey County claimed the life of one woman over the weekend.State troopers said Joann Glidden, 57, was killed just before 3 p.m. Saturday.She was driving a Jeep headed southbound on I-77 near the Byesville exit.The jeep went off the road, eventually hitting two trees and catching ...
Local Plant Forced To Bring In Fire Crews
An overheated piece of equipment at a local plant in Hancock County brought in fire crews Monday morning to Half Moon Industrial Park.No one got hurt.Firefighters cleared the scene rather quickly.
Man Hospitalized After High-Speed Chase
A man remains in a Pittsburgh hospital after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase.The Hancock County Sheriff's Department told NEWS9 that on Sunday night on U.S. Route 30 near Chester, dispatchers received a call that a motorcyclist was highly intoxicated and leaving a bar.According to the sheriff's department, the ...
Water Line Break Leaves Some Marshall Co. Residents Without Water
In Marshall County, PSD No. 2, a main water line in the county, ruptured just before 4 a.m. Monday.Dispatchers said customers in the Washington Lands area will be without water Monday because of the break. Customers on Roberts Ridge, Lindsey Lane and Round Bottom Hill are asked to conserve water ...
Stories for Sunday, August 30
Police: Convicted Sex Offender Assaults Gas Station Clerk
A local gas station clerk got quite a scare Sunday afternoon, when police said a convicted sex offender assaulted her.Steubenville police said inside the Speedway on 3rd Street, 56-year-old Kris Ingram grabbed the clerk's wrist and hit her in the face.He took off on foot, and officers arrested him on ...
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