BETHANY — Bethany College will welcome veteran CBS News correspondent and Emmy Award-winning journalist Bob Orr to deliver the commencement address for the Class of 2026 Saturday. Orr, part of the college's Class of 1975, will be awarded an honorary degree during the ceremony, while the ...
STEUBENVILLE — A Dillonvale man who allegedly used threats and force to manipulate a juvenile into having sex with him was among seven people indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury Wednesday. An amended indictment also was returned against an eighth defendant accused of beating and strangling his then-girlfriend repeatedly over a 72-hour period in 2024. Grand jurors ordered Kory Eugene Davis, 38, 4778 State Route 150, Dillonvale, to stand trial on two counts of rape, one count of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition, all felonies. The indictment alleges Davis ...
WEST LIBERTY — West Liberty University will celebrate its spring commencement ceremony Saturday. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. inside the Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex on the university's campus. In addition to conveying degrees in an array of undergraduate and graduate programs, Saturday's ceremony also will mark the first graduating class of West Liberty's Doctor of Education program. Eight graduates will receive their doctoral degrees. Stephanie Shaw, a West Liberty University alumna and vice president of global corporate products at InterContinental Hotels ...
Recent Birthdays May 6 Peggy Harasick, Wintersville Police Beat Jefferson County Drug Task Force Arrests made: Two people were taken into custody after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force allegedly found cocaine, methamphetamine, two guns and drug paraphernalia in a search of an Orchard Place, Wintersville, residence Monday. Facing charges are: — Samuel Craig Murray Jr., 49, 303 Orchard Place, Wintersville, one count of felony drug trafficking and two felony counts of possession of drugs. — Michelle Jean Firm, 51, no fixed address, two counts of felony drug ...
Solid Waste Authority Board to meet STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority Board will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson JBGT building, 228 Technology Way, Steubenville. Board meetings are open to the public. Officials noted all meetings are subject to change and residents are advised to contact the office the day of the meeting to confirm there have been no cancellations. Lane restriction planned on W.Va. 88 in Brooke County West Virginia transportation officials announced a portion of W.Va. 88 at Bealls Ridge in Brooke ...
STEUBENVILLE — The United Way of Jefferson County is looking at ways it can offer a program that will help area residents who work hard, live just above the poverty line and still have a tough time paying their bills each month. It's an idea, Marci Snyder-Crawford, executive director of the ...
