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Steubenville Police Bird Man: A driver who allegedly had a bird perched on his shoulder when he crashed his vehicle into an embankment at the intersection of Lovers Lane and county Road 26 was cited after a witness produced a photo of him he took before he tried to flee the scene on a zero-turn lawn tractor, Friday. Police said Ryan E. Doran, 117 Meadow Road, Wintersville, was charged with failure to control and leaving the scene and the vehicle and a trailer he’d used to haul the tractor were impounded. The tractor, also impounded, was located on Lovers Lane near Country Club ...

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Michael McIntyre, Weirton Shannon Martineau, Steubenville Joell McCoy, Steubenville

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Follansbee Police Charged: Richard L. Clark, 72, 908 Highland St., burglary and destruction of property, Tuesday. Charged: Austin D. Rinkes, 21, 885 Highland St., domestic assault and domestic battery, Tuesday. West Virginia State Police Charged: Jada S. Maynard, 19, 3939 Grant St., Weirton, driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and failure to yield, Tuesday. Toronto Police Charged: Charles L. Hendershot, 42, 620 North Fourth St., burglary, falsification and possession of drug paraphernalia, Oct. 13. Charged: Cordella R. Sellers, 52, 235 Gregg ...

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Steubenville Police Making friends: A woman in the 500 block of North Fourth Street told police her vehicle had been vandalized, inside and out, Tuesday. She said she thought she locked it but police said there were no signs of forced entry. Police said the windshield was cracked, the inside lining of the trunk was torn open, the rear view mirror wires were pulled out and the passenger side had been scraped. She said she doesn’t get along with her next door neighbor and believes he was responsible for the damage. Downplayed: A resident in the 200 block of North Forest Avenue said ...

Today’s birthdays

Marissa (Rea) Jaskiewicz, Stow Shawn Zarych, Mingo Junction