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Bengals’ Duke Tobin defends front office after disappointing season

CINCINNATI (AP) — Duke Tobin did make one change in the wake of a disappointing 6-11 season by the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals director of player personnel did an end of the season availability on Friday to discuss missing the postseason for the third straight season, instead of ...

Heating assistance available for Ohioans

The Ohio Department of Development and the Area Agency on Aging, Region 9, want to remind older Ohioans that assistance is available to help with their home energy bills. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps Ohioans at or below 175% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a household of up to eight members and 60% of State Median Income for a household of nine or more members to pay their heating bills. Applied directly to the customer’s utility or bulk fuel bill, the benefit can help manage heating costs. Older Ohioans may go to their local Area Agency on Aging office for ...

Wheeling Central runs away with win vs. Yellowjackets

WHEELING — The last time that the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights and Williamstown Yellowjackets boys basketball teams met, it was in the WVSSAC Class AA state championship. Friday on Coach Skip Prosser Court, it was two different iterations of the two teams, and it was once again the ...

Jefferson County historical museum display opens

STEUBENVILLE — When most people were home with their family on Christmas Day, Dan Mayhugh and his painter, Jeremy Grant, were up against a deadline, staining the dark cherry panels and trim pieces that would frame Jefferson County’s new historical museum display in the courthouse ...

Crime numbers continue dropping in Wheeling

WHEELING — The city of Wheeling saw its lowest crime rates in a decade in 2024 — and the numbers only improved in 2025. According to data released Thursday morning by the Wheeling Police Department, crime rates declined even further from 2024 to 2025, as did drug overdoses and overdose deaths, both of which saw a precipitous drop. Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger credited a broad effort in that improvement — from the department to its partners to the rest of the community — and said the mission is to make those numbers even better in 2026. “We’re very ...

Red Devils defeat Shamrocks; Bulldogs back to winning ways

PINE GROVE — The Valley Lumberjills’ Laken Dawson scored her 1,000th career point while helping her team cruise to a 69-19 victory over Union on Friday night. Dawson poured in 24 points to lead the way for Valley. She put through six field goals to score a quick 12 points in the opening quarter. The Lumberjills senior was joined in double figures by Michaela Miller, who scored 15, and Aubree Mason, who posted 10. Valley led 23-5 after the first quarter and 36-9 at halftime. BOYS BASKETBALL St. Clairsville 68, Barnesville 38 BARNESVILLE — The Red Devils (10-2) ...