CRIME & SAFETY
Bus crashes into building in Washington County
A Freedom Transit Bus crashed into a building in Washington County Thursday morning. According to Washington County 911, the bus crashed into an abandoned building around 7:10 a.m. No one has been taken to the hospital and there is no word on any injuries. A Channel 11 crew is heading to the scene. Check back with us for updates on this developing story.
Man stabbed in local home, dies at hospital
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) Steubenville Police are investigating a homicide. Just before 11:45 pm Wednesday night Police were dispatched to a residence in the 800 block of Oakmont Avenue for a call of a subject stabbed. When officers arrived on scene they saw a 58-year-old man stabbed in the home. Steubenville Fire and EMS transported the […]
Ohio man pleads guilty to 2021 shooting death of “Tink”
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) — A Steubenville man pleaded guilty on Thursday in the 2021 shooting death of a man who sitting on the steps of a property on Pennsylvania avenue, according to media partner Herald-Star. Herald-Star reports that 31-year-old Michaelis M. Forster pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter with specifications that he’d […]
Ohio County Sheriff’s Deputy receives VFW National Law Enforcement Award
ELM GROVE, W.Va. (WTRF) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars in the State of West Virginia honored the 2024 National Law Enforcement Award recipient, Andrew Weisal, a Sheriff’s Deputy from the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office. This award is given to an officer who maintains a record of exemplary service to the community and is nominated […]
Sunset Boulevard crash injures two in Steubenville
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A two-vehicle car crash snarled traffic Wednesday evening on Sunset Boulevard in Steubenville close to Tim Horton’s. Steubenville Fire Department Captain Justin Boley said one victim from each vehicle was transported to Trinity Medical Center West with non-life threatening injures. The cause of the crash...
Steubenville police investigate Oakmont Avenue homicide, suspect apprehended
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Steubenville police are investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday evening. Police Chief Ken Anderson reports officers were called to a residence in the 800 block of Oakmont Avenue around11:45. A 58-year-old male victim had been stabbed. Anderson said the suspect fled before officers arrived but was...
No criminal charges expected in street sweeper crash into salon, police say
AMITY TWP., Pa. – Officials say no one was hurt after a street sweeper crashed into a salon in Amity Township on Monday night. It happened on Route 422 near Old Swede Road at the Lords and Ladies Salon and Medical Spa. Police on Monday said the driver lost...
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