News Stories for January 2011
Stories for Friday, January 28
Jefferson Co. Home Destroyed By Fire
Crews are investigating a fire that destroyed a Jefferson County home early Friday.The fire broke out on Steubenville Road in Amsterdam around 4 a.m. and crews worked for several hours to get it under control. Once the flames were out, all that was left was the home's foundation.The family of ...
Bellaire Native Will Watch Super Bowl From Aircraft Carrier
"Steeler Nation" isn't a physical location.It's a state of mind.Perhaps nobody proves that better than Lt. Junior Grade Eddie Weekly of Bellaire, whose feet won't be on dry land when he watches the tilt between Pittsburgh and Green Bay on Super Bowl Sunday.Weekly e-mailed NEWS9 a photograph of himself proudly ...
Stories for Thursday, January 27
Fellow Missonaries React To Shooting Death of Ohio Valley Native
The U.S. Consulate has issued a travel safety advisory for Americans heading to Mexico after the shooting death of an Ohio native missionary just the across the border.Nancy Davis, 59, a native of Zoarville, Ohio was fatally shot 70 miles south of the border on Wednesday. And now a joint ...
Fatal Crash Claims One
State police say 21-year-old Maryann Oakland was killed when her car burst into flames after it was rear-ended by a commercial flat-bed truck that was traveling at highway speeds.Oakland's car stalled out on the State Route 2 overpass near the Bellaire Bridge, but because there is no shoulder on the ...
Weirton Officials Discuss Options To Permanently Fix Sewage Problem
Weirton city officials met Thursday afternoon to discuss different options to permanently fix the problems that caused sewage water to leak into the Ohio river."Our hopes here is to begin talks with council to begin a project that will permanently address that situation. Rechannel those sanitary flows back to our ...
Experts Highly Recommend Snow Tires For Winter Months
No matter what types of tires are on a vehicle, drivers have to take extra caution during winter weather.Even so, experts say they highly recommend drivers get a set of snow tires to put on their vehicles during the winter.Snow tires are made of a softer rubber compound than all-season ...
Fire Rips Through Hancock County Building
A fire ripped through a vacant building in Hancock County Wednesday night.The fire destroyed a vacant building on Twelfth Street near the Union Chapel.A portion of Kings Creek Road had to be shut down while firefighters contained the fire.The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Wheeling Crews Repairing Water Line Break, Monitoring Roads
Wheeling city workers were still working Thursday to repair a water line break that happened Wednesday night.Public Works Director Rusty Jebbia said a recent freezing-thawing pattern in the weather is likely what caused the 10-inch line to rupture at Ohio and South Broadway streets.Jebbia said, fortunately, the like doesn't serve ...
Police: Icy Road Blamed For Multivehicle Crash
Ice is to blame for a crash that involved at least a dozen vehicles and closed down a busy highway Thursday morning, police said.The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. on state Route 7 between the two Shadyside exits in Belmont County. Two people suffered non life-threatening injuries, police said.Police said ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 26
Missionary, Ohio Native Gunned Down In Mexico
An American missionary and Ohio native was fatally shot in Mexico on Wednesday, police said.Nancy Shuman Davis, 59, and her husband, Sam, were 70 miles south of the border city of Reynosa when gunmen in a pickup truck tried to stop them.When the Davises sped up, the gunmen opened fire, ...
Drilling Meetings Continue; New Film Raises Concerns
The new Marcellus Shale drilling boom is a modern day gold rush.People filled an informational meeting at the Jefferson County JVS on Wednesday night with questions about leases from drilling companies."I am currently leased. I have been for about 10 years," said Scott Hill.He said Chesapeake Energy has not started ...
Conference Held To Improve First Responder Communications
Wednesday, officials from across the region met at the Mountaineer Racetrack Casino and Resort conference center.The goal of this interoperability project is to gradually put an end to the first responder communication method known as patching.Currently, first responders lose the capability to talk to any agency as soon as they ...
Toddler Found Wandering Busy Street; Mother Unresponsive At Home
A Jefferson County mother was arrested after her 2-year-old child was found wandering a busy Steubenville street with no shoes or coat.Brandy Gump is charged with two counts of endangering children.Police said neighbors found the toddler girl wandering Sunset Boulevard on Thursday morning. They tried to get in touch with ...
Mayor Shares State Meeting Details
Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie and six members of city council got a chance to discuss the city's priorities with some of the state's top political figures at a Municipal League meeting in Charleston over the weekend.McKenzie said one important topic was Marcellus shale gas drilling and its impact across the ...
Thousands Of U.S. Post Offices In Jeopardy Of Closing
A cost-cutting initiative at the U.S. Postal Service is putting thousands of post offices nationwide in jeopardy of closing.The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the postal service has closed or is planning to close as many as 2,000 post offices in the U.S. and the service is reviewing ...
Authorities Still Unsure If Man Will Face Charges After Standoff
Park rangers in Guernsey County were still trying to determine if a man involved in a standoff at Salt Fork State Park would be charged.Officials said the man threatened to hurt himself and kept officers in a standoff for two hours in a cabin in a remote part of the ...
Baby Recovering From Multiple Fractures; Police Investigating
Officials in Belmont County are investigating after a 4-month-old baby suffered multiple fractures throughout his body.Police in Bellaire said the boy is being treated at Children's Hospital in Columbus.Police said they're interviewing both parents, an 18-year-old father and 19-year-old mother, who both live in Bellaire. Officials said the parents are ...
Ohio Co. Sheriff's Office Seeks 2 Men Who Skipped Court
Officials with the Ohio County Sheriff's Office are seeking two men who failed to appear in court.Deputies said William Hanlin didn't show up for a sentencing in Circuit Court.In addition, William Russell Thomas is wanted for failure to appear in court.Anyone with information about the men's whereabouts is asked to ...
Marshall Co. Police Arrest 3rd Burglary Suspect
Have information? Call the NEWS9 Crimebusters Tipline at 800-862-BUST Moundsville police have arrested another burglary suspect who they said took a woman's purse right off her kitchen table while she slept.Cody Slaughter is charged with fraudulent use of an access drive -- which police said was a credit card -- ...
Marshall Co. Road Closed After Crane Overturns
An early morning accident left a crane overturned and a Marshall County Road shut down.The driver of a crane was trying to navigate through the windy, narrow curves of Birch Ridge Road when his crane toppled.No injuries were reported, but police said Birch Ridge Road has been a problem in ...
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