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Steubenville Police Pulling punches: A caller said she got in an argument with another female who “pulled her hair and tried to punch her” at a residence in the 400 block of Union Avenue Tuesday. She said the incident took place in a bedroom she rents from the tenant and the female was there visiting the woman renting the room to her. The female visitor said the caller had “punched her in the face” so she “pulled her hair in self-defense.” Blame game: A would-be customer caused a disturbance at the Sunoco station downtown, Tuesday. Employees said the individual was upset ...

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March 14 Lynn Zamberlan, Steubenville Sis Knight, Toronto March 15 Dustin Andrew, Mingo Junction John Corrigan, 79, Mingo Junction Ann Butera, Mingo Junction Jeff Kolling, Mingo Junction March 18 Tom Roush, Newport News, Va. Joe Carbasho, Weirton

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Steubenville Police Order nixed: A DoorDash driver told police he received a threatening text message, Monday. He said he’d received an order the evening before for cinnamon twists from Taco Bell and then was advised it was canceled. After the order was canceled, he said he received a text from the phone that had been used to place the order that began with a two-word invective followed by the words “if you come here you will die.” He was concerned. Heavy hitter: A downtown resident told police he was trying to sleep in a chair when his female companion accused him of cheating ...

Today’s birthdays

Mike Meatris, Steubenville John Frye, New Salem, Pa. Paul Platko Jr., 65, Toronto

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Steubenville Police Beat down: A resident in the 400 block of Spring Avenue told police he was approaching another man with whom he’s involved in a “dispute over property” when the man got out of his car and “began to punch (him) in the face four or five times,” Sunday. He said he thinks the man “had brass knuckles on” during the assault. Police have pictures of the man’s injuries but said he declined medical attention and wasn’t sure if he wanted to pursue charges. Fishy: A Sunset Boulevard resident said he’d told a woman who’d been staying with him that she ...

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Steubenville Police Charged: A city resident was booked into the county jail after his live-in companion alleged he’d slapped her face “and then grabbed packing tape and attempted to wrap it around her face to stop her from screaming,” Wednesday. Police said David Graham, 43, 109 Aberdeen Road, was charged with domestic violence after the alleged victim called 9-1-1 and reported “there was some sort of physical altercation and … (she) was afraid.” Dispatchers had reported hearing “lots of screaming in the background,” but when officers arrived at the location they said ...