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Steubenville Police Dressing down: A resident in the 700 block of Woodlawn Road someone left a pair of pants and a .22 long rifle on her porch overnight, Friday. She told police the items weren’t there when she came in the night before and has no idea how they got there, but said a neighbor found a second pair of pants that she washed and kept “because they were her size.” Minutes later police were called by a resident in the 1300 block of Oak Grove Avenue who found a jacket and a hypodermic on their porch. Swinger: A man was taken into custody after he allegedly assaulted a ...

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Wintersville Police Cited for speeding: Amy M. Carothers, 49, 117 West Main St., Richmond; and Kyle M. Kelley, 24, North Canton. Cited: Leroy A. Mossor, 48, 170 township Road 394, Toronto, red light violation; Shawn M. Young, 52, 206 Deepwoods Lane, Weirton, expired registration; and Nicole T. Simmons, 36, Cleveland, speeding, driving while suspended and expired registration. Steubenville Police Ho, ho, ho: A couple in the 100 block of Wildon Avenue was arguing and the husband called police, Thursday. The woman said she'd "asked him to wake up so the kids could open their ...

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Rose Angelica, Mingo Junction Lee Kontra. 98, Steubenville

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Steubenville Police Fisticuffs: A Wintersville teen ended up in custody after he allegedly punched a police officer trying to separate him from another man with whom he’d been fighting in the downtown Speedway, Tuesday. As they pulled up police said the two men had emerged from the store and one of the men shoved the other into the back seat of a nearby car, causing him to start “screaming.” Police said as they walked to the car they they couldn’t understand what he was saying but took a glass bottle out of his hand and walked him away from the car. They report the man was ...

Today’s birthdays

Dec. 24 Joseph Risdon, Winston-Salem, N.C. Dec. 25 Nattio Provenzano, Weirton Wanda Bolling, 91, Weirton