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Co-defendant testifies against suspect in Smith Township woman’s shooting death

One of two men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her Smith Township , Pa., home in June said he and his accomplice were looking to rob her when the home invasion turned deadly. Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit during a preliminary hearing Monday morning, Walter Lee Winland testified against his co-defendant, Michael Coury Pyles, blaming him for shooting and killing 37-year-old Renee Lynn Gill while robbing her in the early hours of June 16. Winland said he used to date Gill and they were still friends, but he planned to rob her of drugs and ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy went with an emergency medical service squad to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital with a female inmate of the Belmont County Jail who was possibly in labor. At 11:47 p.m., the deputy left with the female prisoner en route back to the jail, according to the report. At 5:24 p.m. Wednesday, an officer responded to an address on Belmont Road in Bethesda for a report of a DOA. The EMS requested the coroner. At 4:26 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy responded to an address on Rock River Road in Somerset Township after a caller reported that a vehicle was in her yard. ...

Martins Ferry school board to hold special session Tuesday morning

MARTINS FERRY -- The Board of Education of the Martins Ferry City School District will be holding a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Martins Ferry City School District Administrative Building Board Room. The purpose of the meeting is for the board to take action on the following: · MFEA Negotiated Contract for Sept. 1, 2025 through Aug. 31, 2026 · Letter of Intent to contract with U.S. Omni & TSAGG Compliance Services to provide Third Party (Compliance) Administration Services for the 403(b) and OASBO 457(b) Plans. · Approval of IRC Section 457 ...

FEMA application period ends Monday

TRIADELPHIA — Those in Ohio County who still must register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to receive relief from the deadly June floods have until the end of Monday to do so. Applying in person no longer is an option. The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at the Triadelphia Community Center closed Friday evening. Yet there are still multiple ways to apply. Those still needing to register can visit DisasterRecovery.gov, download the FEMA app or call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362. After the Monday deadline passes, those who have applied are asked to please stay in ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, a caller reported that there were two individuals passed out in a vehicle parked in the lot off of Valley Plaza Drive in St. Clairsville. A male and female were reportedly found unresponsive. The incident was listed as a narcotics overdose. However, no Narcan was given to either individual, and a relative arrived to pick up the two individuals. At 7:03 p.m. Tuesday, a complainant from Adolph Street pulled up at an address on Brand Avenue in Bridgeport and stated that she was involved in a domestic dispute. She also stated ...

Double homicide defendant to file an affidavit of indigency

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A lawyer representing double homicide suspect Andrew Isaac Griffin on Friday indicated there are plans to file an affidavit of indigency on his behalf. Lawyer Kate Clark of the Columbus-based Samuel H. Shamansky Law Firm declared that intent in Belmont County Common Pleas ...