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Cell phone data from burner phone maps out Andrew Griffin’s travel

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – During day three of Andrew Griffin's trial, who is accused of killing his Salsa Joe’s business partner Thomas Strussion and wife Angela Strussion at their home, prosecutors spent most the trial establishing his alleged return from the Strussion’s home after their ...

Fire Stations Become Emergency Internet and Electricity Hubs

RICHMOND — Being able to provide a system that ensures lines of communications can remain open for first responders and lets residents know there's a place they can go to access shelter and reach others when they experience a widespread electrical or internet outage brought local, state and ...

Some Hope Scholarship dollars go to Steubenville City Schools

STEUBENVILLE — Since it was first offered in the 2022-23 school year, West Virginia's HOPE Scholarship program has given parents and guardians options when it comes to where and how their students will be educated. The number of students participating in the program has increased each ...

McGeehan, Wilson face off in W.Va. House District 1

WEIRTON – Two familiar faces are going up against each other to represent the northernmost district in West Virginia's House of Delegates. Longtime Republican incumbent Pat McGeehan of Chester has been challenged for the seat by Democrat Quincy Wilson of Weirton. McGeehan is a graduate ...

Beech Bottom Gets State Funding To Shore Up Water System

BEECH BOTTOM – The village of Beech Bottom has two side-by-side water tanks that are going to see nearly $300,000 in repairs in the coming weeks with help from the state of West Virginia. Additional state money will also go toward a long-awaited water main and fire hydrant project along ...

Ex-Mingo fire chief pleads no contest; prosecutors, judge say Ohio criminal statutes don’t cover sexual coercion

STEUBENVILLE—Former Mingo Junction fire chief Brandon Montgomery never looked up as Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin read into the record exactly how his accusers said he used his position as their boss to pressure them into having sex with him. It was a long, detailed and, at times, graphic list. Montgomery, 38, pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor charge of telecommunications harassment. After listening to every one of the excerpts she read aloud during the 21-minute hearing, Judge Joseph Bruzzese found Montgomery guilty and sentenced him to six months probation and ...