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Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Smashing melons: Police on patrol spotted Franciscan students in Belleview Park Sunday “smashing watermelons.” It was after midnight and one of them told police they were “cleaning up the mess and then going to leave.” Police told them the park closes at dusk. Busy day: A man was allegedly “causing problems” for customers at a downtown business Sunday, approaching them “and mumbling” and shoving a cigarette lighter at them. Police told him to stay away from the business and stop bothering people, but several hours later they found him in ...

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Today’s Birthdays April 14 Archer Boyd, 3, Bloomingdale Mary Ann Shuma, Toronto Police Beat Steubenville Police Party of one: A man told police “people were being held against their will” in a residence Saturday in the 200 block of S. 4th Street. Police said he was “highly intoxicated” and pointed them to the rear of a vacant residence, but when they looked inside they “did not hear anyone yelling for help nor did (they) find any open doors.” High school stuff: A man in the 1300 block of Park Street reported a disturbance Saturday. Police said when they tried to talk ...

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Birthdays April 11 Amelia McFarland, Steubenville April 12 Rich Grimm, Mingo Junction Sandy Corrigan, Mingo Junction Police Beat Steubenville Police Warming up: Someone spotted a fire burning in the 1300 block of University Boulevard Friday. Police said a man there was “collecting small sticks” for the fire and told police he “was trying to stay warm.” Police said the fire was on the concrete inside a fenced-in area where a dumpster would normally be placed. Steubenville firefighters arrived on scene and extinguished the flames. Holding her breath: A woman ...

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Police Beat Steubenville Police Big foot: A resident in the 1400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue reported a breaking and entering Monday. The resident said he returned home from work to discover a back window had been removed and “there was a footprint on the backdoor as well where it appeared someone tried to kick it in.” He thinks it was his ex-girlfriend who did it. Connected the dots: A woman in the 200 block of S. 5th Street told police Tuesday she thinks a man is living in her basement even though she told him to leave. She said she had told him he could stay in her basement ...

Community Briefs

Jefferson Commissioners seek support for grant funds STEUBENVILLE—Jefferson County Commissioners are hoping for federal assistance to complete the funding circle for the County Road 36 bridge replacement and trail grade separation project. Commissioners recently submitted a letter asking U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-6th, to support $300,000 in Congressionally Directed Funding to advance the project, which would address what they described as “two urgent public safety needs” in Jefferson County—replacing an aging bridge of CR 36 nearing the end of its service life while also ...

Birth announcements

Births Trinity Medical Center West Jessica and Wes Streblo of Bloomingdale, a girl, March 4 Carly Wolfe and Josh Laquinta of Wellsburg, a boy, March 13 Valerie Cecil and David Phillips of New Athens, a girl, March 17 Mallory Heinrich of New Cumberland, a boy, March 19 Zoe Truax and Abrin Firm of Toronto, a boy, March 21 Aubrey Saffell and Dennis Donley of Martins Ferry, a girl, March 21 Kaylee Young of Chester and George Locke Jr. of New Cumberland, a boy, March 23 Katelyn James and Corey Burns of Weirton, a girl, March 29 Nicole and Jeremy Bell of Steubenville, a girl, March ...