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Marshall County Commission Aims To Create New TIF District

MOUNDSVILLE – The Marshall County Commission aims to create a new tax increment financing district to potentially help fund new development or infrastructure projects in the future. Administrator Betsy Frohnapfel said the commission’s plan is to create a new TIF district that will ...

Rumbaugh Grilled By Lawmakers Over DMV Modernization Contract

CHARLESTON – Lawmakers on Monday raised a number of concerns about the price tag of a new system meant to modernize computer records maintained by the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. Todd Rumbaugh, the cabinet secretary of the state Department of Transportation, answered questions ...

Heavy Storms Could Produce Flooding In Areas

Meteorologists at the National Weather Service’s Pittsburgh bureau are casting wary eyes toward the skies over the next few days, as heavy rains around several parts of the Ohio Valley could produce flooding — especially since previous storms have already saturated the ground. The ...

Brown Makes Steubenville Stop On Road Back To Senate

STEUBENVILLE — Sherrod Brown says campaign stops in Eastern Ohio communities are a big part of any statewide campaign. “They are important because people in this part of the state don't have a voice,” Brown, who is looking to return to the U.S. Senate, said Monday while speaking with ...

Crash Damages Signal, Closes U.S. 22 Ramp In Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — City Engineer Mike Dolak said the University Boulevard/U.S. 22 East ramp from State Route 7 north is temporarily closed while he determines how long it will take to repair damage caused by a two-car collision Saturday at the marina entrance. Police allege a northbound driver, identified as Samuel Byrom, of New Comerstown, Ohio, “ran the red light” and crashed into the passenger side of a southbound vehicle, severely damaging both vehicles and destroying the signal box that controls the traffic light, as well as the railroad crossing bars. Until it is working again, ...