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Steubenville Police Snow mistake: An officer in the middle of a traffic stop at Franciscan Way and University Boulevard said he was talking to the driver when a snowball bounced off the roof of the car and hit him in the face and shoulder, Sunday. He said when he stopped a group walking nearby 18-year-old Patric Davet, Winchester, Va., admitted he was the one who threw the snowball. The officer said he smelled of alcohol but when they asked him if he’d been drinking he initially denied it, but when they told him they could smell it on him he allegedly admitted he’d “consumed ...

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Mingo Junction Police Cited: Kaylie Pritts, 36, Bellaire, speeding; Angeline Cole, 44, 107 Maple Ave., Wintersville, no operator’s license; Thomas Zook, 60, 305 Springdale Ave., Wintersville, and Mohamud Abdullahij, 40, Minneapolis, both for failure to control. Charged: Lillian Anshutz, 53, 108 Frazier Ave., assault, Monday. Steubenville Police Traffic backed up: A driver was cited after a three-vehicle accident that snarled traffic on state Route 7 near University Boulevard around 8 a.m. Thursday. Police said Christopher L. Atkinson, 27, of Cleveland was charged with an ...

Today’s birthdays

Barb Platko, 63, Toronto Don Freas Jr., 68, Steubenville

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Weirton Police Stephanie R. Talmonti, 35, 301 Lexington Court, Weirton, domestic battery warrant, Nov. 18, subject turned self in on a previous domestic battery warrant from Hancock County. Kaleb M. Parsons, 28, 3003 Elm St., Weirton, four counts obstructing an officer, Nov. 19, arrested after a domestic dispute at the residence. Stephen W. Dale, 61, 139 North 20th St., Weirton, DUI second offense, reckless driving, Nov. 26, arrested after entering DUI checkpoint, making an illegal U-turn over a curb to avoid the checkpoint and running a stop sign. David G. Bertoia, 31, 319 ...

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Steubenville Police Spider man: A city resident who tried several times to climb the fire escape at a North Fourth Street property where he’d been banned was taken into custody on multiple charges, Tuesday. Police said Lee Becket, 41, no fixed address, was booked on a criminal trespass charge along with possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after they allegedly found a locked box containing needles and other drug paraphernalia, including a white, crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine, as well as a broken crack pipe, a digital scale and a cut straw, ...

Marriage applications

The following marriage applications have been filed in Jefferson County: Jason Curtis Spielvogel and Allison Marie Bartek, both of Dillonvale Bailey David McBeth of Tiltonsville and Savana Sue Granat of Wintersville David Michael Kemp and Cathleen Elaine Darling, both of Bloomingdale Paul Joseph Crawford of Dillonvale and Brandy Lyn Nash of Billings, Mont.