MARTINS FERRY — Backyard swimming pools left to sit stagnant for years could soon become the target of a new Martins Ferry ordinance as city officials seek stronger enforcement tools to address what they say has become a growing nuisance. Mayor John Davies asked council last week to draft ...
Sunday — 10:41 p.m., a caller reported a suspicious car idling in the parking lot at the Days Inn West on Holiday Drive in St. Clairsville after individuals in a room had been told to leave. Deputies responded and determined the vehicle belonged to a night-shift employee, according to the report. Deputies checked the rooms and found an intoxicated female still there. A sober driver picked up the female, according to officers. — 10:06 p.m., units responded to a report of domestic trouble at an address on Jug Run Road, St. Clairsville. A caller reported her sister was physically ...
STEUBENVILLE — What happens in Ohio is an important indicator for the rest of the country, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner said Saturday. Brunner made the comment during her presentation at the state convention of the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio, held at the Steubenville ...
Ohio has passed a law regulating third-party litigation funding but stopping well short of requiring all parties to reveal outside financial arrangements in court. Gov. Mike DeWine signed HB 105 into law on July 7, requiring litigation finance firms to register with the attorney general and adhere to a detailed set of rules including a ban on foreign investors. The law doesn’t require parties to reveal their financial arrangements in court, however, instead making contracts public only after a case is resolved. With the new law, Ohio joins a growing number of states that mandate some ...
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite ...
WHEELING – The start of the school year is still more than a month away, but plans for an annual effort to help students get supplies, encouragement and joy before returning to class are already set. A “Stuff The Bus” event has been set to happen from 10 a.m.-noon on Aug. 1 in the ...
