STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners signed off on an agreement Thursday that will allow their sheriff’s deputies to assume responsibility for law enforcement in Yorkville. Village officials had already approved the contract, prepared by Assistant Prosecutor Shawn ...
Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn’t ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For nearly 30 years, students from local schools have displayed hundreds of science projects at Belmont College. The halls were recently filled again with scientific inquiry. Forty-seven students from four local schools competed in the 2024 District 16 Science Fair at ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Money is now available to help qualified local residents mitigate lead hazards in their homes. The Belmont County Board of Commissioners this week announced the county’s participation in the Lead Safe Ohio program. The Lead Safe initiative is a grant-funded program ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ...
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that cleanup efforts in Sulphur Run to address contamination from last year’s Norfolk Southern derailment resumed last week after new sheen collection methods were implemented. Operations were suspended ...