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

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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, ...

Five Face Drug Charges Following Bellaire Raid

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BELLAIRE — Five people were arrested Thursday following a drug raid at a Bellaire apartment where detectives seized suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. The search warrant was executed at an apartment on Hamilton Street in ...

Follansbee Issues Reminder Of Upcoming Garbage Changes

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FOLLANSBEE – New garbage collection regulations are set to go into effect in Follansbee at the end of the month, and city officials are reminding residents and businesses to make sure they are prepared. City Manager Chris Manack-Stover said letters have been sent to the community explaining the pending changes, which include an increase in rates approved by Follansbee Council earlier this year. “People have been notified,” she said during the Aug. 3 Council-as-a-whole meeting. Copies of the information also will be available at the Follansbee City Building and the city’s ...

Poor communication clouds TANF funding debate

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The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a master class in how not to communicate. Let's start with May, when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: An influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID dollars dried ...

Brenda Miller Stepping Down As Ohio County Clerk of Courts

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WHEELING – Brenda Miller has served more than 27 years as circuit court clerk in Ohio County, but now she finds family needs to be a higher priority. Miller, 65, recently announced she would step down from her long-time elected office effective Aug. 28. Her six-year term extends through the ...