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Police: Truck bumps gas meter, causes minor leak
According to a deputy with the Ohio County Sheriff's Office, a truck backed into a gas meter early Friday morning in Wheeling on Maser Avenue. The incident was minor, police said, and the meter was only bumped, causing a small leak. Residents close by were asked to leave, but were ...
FIRST ON 9: Crews respond to Belmont County structure fire
Multiple fire departments responded to a fully involved garage fire in Belmont County Friday morning. According to dispatchers, the fire happened at 39731 County Road 72 in Flushing, Ohio, around 3 a.m. Flushing, Lafferty, Holloway and New Athens fire departments all responded. Stick with NEWS9 for continuing updates.
Police release surveillance video of vandals
Police released surveillance video Thursday of vandals who targeted the statue outside a catholic church in New Cumberland. Dorothy Sweargin said she realized the statue was damaged on Sunday when she noticed that a potted plant had been moved. "I wondered who moved the flowers," said Sweargin. "I looked at ...
Prayer vigil scheduled to remember tornado victims
Officials in Beech Bottom will host a prayer vigil on Friday to remember those affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Mayor George Lewis said many residents who work at Sheehan Pipeline know people who live in Oklahoma. "One gentleman I've met told me his son and his family was there," ...
'Runnin' from the Cops' 5K race raises scholarship funds for local high schoolers
For the past four years, the Martins Ferry Fraternal Order of Police has sponsored "Runnin' from the Cops," a 5K race that raises scholarship funds for local high school seniors. Martins Ferry FOP President Sgt. Bob Walton, who has three children of his own in the school district, came up ...
3 indicted in connection with Mingo Junction home invasion
Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin has confirmed for NEWS9 that three individuals have been indicted in connection with last Thursday’s home invasion in Mingo Junction. Hanlin says the Jefferson County Grand Jury held a special session on Wednesday to investigate the crime further, meeting before their scheduled date, June 1st. ...
Three people arrested for drug trafficking
Police in Steubenville arrested three people and charged them with drug trafficking. The arrests were made Wednesday evening near 7th and Franklin streets. Takim Green, Robert Simmons and Treyvon Wise were booked into the Jefferson County Jail and have been charged with trafficking heroin. Bond for Wise and Simmons was ...
Retiring Indian Creek teacher gets grant funding for one more year in the classroom
A simple love for teaching is what kept a 45 year veteran of the Indian Creek School District from letting budget cuts keep him from the classroom Having once retired and come back to the high school-- John Minor no longer had seniority. So when the budget tightened last year, ...
Local 1st responders honor Okla. crews during National EMS Week
It is National EMS Week, a time to thank those responders who work to preserve life and guide people in need through those things we may take for granted during daily life. And just days after a tornado devastated the town of Moore, Okla., it's a time that those at ...
Business owner organizes town hall meeting
Nick Fuscardo, a business owner in Weirton, continued efforts to organize a town hall meeting to address the personal property tax charged to businesses in West Virginia. Fuscardo started generating interest in repealing the tax by encouraging fellow business owners to sign a petition. The petition now has several hundred ...
Boilers at Mountain State Carbon stop working
Union officials said boilers at Mountain State Carbon in Follansbee stopped working Wednesday. The malfunction of the boilers caused smoke and steam to come out of the roof of a building at the coke plant around 9 a.m. Although the smoke and steam seemed to pour out of the building, ...
Development and rail officials meet to talk about oil and gas industry
Development officials with the Brooke Hancock Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission met with John Murray, assistant vice president for sales and marketing for the Ohio Central Railroad/Genesse & Wyoming Inc. Company, Wednesday during their quarterly commission meeting in Steubenville. Murray provided commission members with an update to the company's expected May ...
Eric Minor to leave WTOV9 to pursue career at West Virginia University
After 16 years at NEWS9, Eric Minor will be leaving WTOV9 to take the position as the Director of Student Careers and Opportunities at West Virginia University's P.I. Reed School of Journalism. While pursuing his Masters of Science degree at WVU for the past three years, Eric applied for the ...
1 person shot, person of interest in custody
One person was shot overnight in Steubenville, according to dispatchers with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. According to Steubenville police, Cory Lyons Jr., 25, is charged with two counts of felonious assault. The call came in around 2 a.m. Wednesday that a shooting had taken place on Park Street, ...
TARGET9: Notice of Mechanic's Lien filed against company financing land for Weirton Area Port Authority
NEWS9 uncovered documents at the Brooke County Clerk's Office that show a construction company out of Westerville, Ohio accused the company that financed land that houses the Weirton Area Port Authority of owing more than $513,000. The information was found in a Notice of Mechanic's Lien filed in March out ...
West Virginia baseball team pitches in after Oklahoma tornado
More than 1,000 miles from here in the Ohio Valley, the pictures out of Oklahoma show destruction, but the West Virginia University baseball team was much closer. Team members were set to play in the Big 12 championships just 10 miles from the area hit the hardest. The West ...
Man sentenced to correctional facility for having sex with 15-year-old girl
A man will serve at least one year of incarceration and rehabilitation after pleading guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Lee Selby, 20, was sentenced to the Anthony Correctional Institute for one to five years. The facility is for young adult offenders where they’re given training to reintegrate ...
BREAKING NEWS: Pedestrian struck by car in Weirton
Police in Weirton are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a car. The crash happened on Main Street just after 4 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was airlifted by medical helicopter to a hospital. Officials had not released her name as of 5 p.m. A NEWS9 crew is at the ...
Lawnmower catches fire, destroys residential garage
An overheated riding mower is to blame for a fire that destroyed a garage in Jefferson County. The fire happened just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Elm Street in Wintersville. Officials said the fire was accidental and the riding mower was too hot when it was put ...
Mall Security Guard fired after scuffle
A security guard for the Ohio Valley Mall was fired Monday after an internal investigation was launched following a brawl between her and another woman. Cafaro Company said the security agents conducting the investigation looked at whether the guard's actions met the standards of the company. She was fired after ...
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