Briefs

October 1, 2026

Council changes budget hearings STEUBENVILLE — Due to scheduling conflicts, Steubenville City Council has shuffled its budget hearing lineup. Council, sitting as the finance committee, will hear from Municipal Court, maintenance of repair, sanitation and electric on Tuesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Then, on Oct. 20, proposed budgets for engineering, street projects and the water and sewer departments will be pitched beginning at 6 p.m. On Oct. 27, council will hear from the police department as well as parks and recreation. Council also sunshined emergency legislation adopting ...

Police reports

October 1, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Extremely bad break: An officer at a stop sign at South and Fourth streets reported seeing a motorcycle and a vehicle southbound on Seventh Street “at a high rate of speed” Tuesday. He followed the two of them and said the car had stopped and the driver was “throwing items from the vehicle.” The driver, a woman, told police she was following her ex-boyfriend “because they are going through a bad break-up.” Police couldn’t locate him but she ended up picking up the items she’d tossed out of the vehicle. Striking first: A Market Street resident ...

Birthdays

September 30, 2026

Sept. 30 Nancy Prosser, Toronto Brian Crites, Redmond, Wash.

Police Reports

September 30, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Worked up: An employee at Sunset Market Deli reports a man was “calling and making threats to rob the store” Monday. The clerk advised he used Apple Pay at a pump and on his phone it said the transaction completed but “the pump would not activate and said his card was declined.” She printed off the receipt which said the transaction was canceled but the male demanded the store give him $20 worth of gas and when she refused, “he became very aggressive and shoved his cell phone towards her face to show her the transaction.” She advised the transaction ...

Birthdays

September 29, 2026

Sept. 29 Kay Shannon, Steubenville Jeremy Porter, Mingo Junction

Police

September 29, 2026

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF Got the boot: A man living on township Road 241, Toronto, told deputies his ex slit his truck tire Saturday. He said she'd been next door at his sister's house drinking and when she showed up at this house he told her not to come in, she told him she "just wanted to ask him a question." He said he warned her a second time but she came in anyway, so he "kicked her in the chest and she fell off the stairs." He said he stayed in the house until he heard a loud noise and when he investigated, discovered the tire had been punctured. Picture this: A Jefferson County ...