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TUESDAY — 9:47 p.m., a caller from St. Clairsville reported a bat in her house. A deputy responded and was able to catch and remove the bat. — 9:25 p.m., a male reportedly was having mental health issues and possible hallucinations of a woman stealing his mail. An officer responded. All questions were answered, and the male did not pose a threat to himself or anyone else, according to the report. Information was placed on file. — 8:21 p.m., a caller from Bethesda reported that someone unknown was knocking on her door, and she had her 6-year-old son inside with her. The caller ...

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Library offers September programs STEUBENVILLE — The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County will offer several programs throughout its branches in September. Brilliant Branch, 740-314-4309, will host Color Your Cares Away for adults at 6 p.m. Sept. 24, with supplies provided. Grab-and-Go Story Time for children begins Sept. 21, while supplies last, and includes "Because of an Acorn" by Lola Schaefer. Dillonvale Branch, 740-314-4310, will host its Thriller Book Club at 10 a.m. Sept. 22 to discuss "King of Ashes" by S.A. Cosby. Call to join. Children ages 2-6 can ...

Educators say the stories of 9/11 best way to teach the next generation

WHEELING – It has been a quarter-century and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America are truly history. The events are being discussed in history classes, even though there are now history teachers in school who weren’t born before Sept. 11, or were too young to be cognizant of the ...

Locals remember Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

WHEELING — Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks via airliners on New York City's World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — and many Ohio Valley residents are likely remembering what they were doing at that moment and how it impacted them then and still today. Bridgeport resident Larry Barnes, commander of American Legion Post 159, said on 9/11 he was working for a company, Shawn, Stone & Webster, that did maintenance on nuclear power plants on the East Coast. He was working at a plant just 30 ...

DeFelice talks economic development at meet-and-greet

LANSING — Belmont County Republican commissioner candidate Dominic DeFelice held a meet-the-candidate event Thursday. Family, friends and potential voters spent Thursday evening at Vino di Piccin Winery to meet DeFelice and hear what he stands for ahead of the November ...

9/11 remembrance ceremony a calling for Rabbi Joshua Lief

The first remembrance ceremony for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom was part of came one year after those attacks in 2002. He was still in the seminary as a student rabbi, with a small congregation in Lafayette, Louisiana, as his student ...