WELLSBURG – The case against the former Brooke High School principal accused of hiding cameras in the school's girls' locker rooms will be heading to circuit court. Eric Michael James, 53, through his defense counsel, DeMarr W. Moulton, waived his preliminary hearing Monday morning, while ...
WELLSBURG – Two individuals charged in relation to the 2025 drowning death of an area teenager pleaded guilty earlier this month in Brooke County Circuit Court. Ashley Shelton, 30, entered a guilty plea to one count of child neglect resulting in death on Aug. 3, while Joshua Lewis ...
STEUBENVILLE — Among the legacies left by Dolly Parton is continuing support for the Imagination Library program. The United Way of Jefferson County is the local coordinator for the program and is able to reach thousands of children between the ages of birth and 5 throughout the area. ...
STEUBENVILLE — Over the next month Steubenville City Council members will hear department heads talk about their spending needs and wants for 2027. The first of three budget committee meetings kicks off at 6 p.m. today, with additional sessions scheduled for Oct. 6 and Oct. 20. Council will get the proposed budget on Dec. 1, and they’re expected to vote on it two weeks after that. City Manager Mike Johnson said Monday it’s shaping up to be a challenging year, money-wise, pointing out the city’s needs “are greater than its financial resources, which will require the city to ...
BLOOMINGDALE — Students and staff members at the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School faced some anxious moments Monday morning after an incident left a subcontractor who was working in the building injured and closed the school for most of the day. According to Robert Gaffney, chief of the Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department, reports about a fire at the school were received about 10:11 a.m. Monday. He said the fire had been extinguished before crews arrived at the scene. Something happened while a contractor was working in the school's electrical room, Gaffney reported, and ...
STEUBENVILLE — Tensions over a change in hours that could force an employee at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center out exploded into raised voices and finger pointing during Tuesday's City Council meeting. Mayor Ralph Petrella was forced to slap his gavel off the desk a total of ...
