Mingo Junction News

City officials had what is being described as "a very preliminary conversation" with Mingo Junction officials regarding the possibility of partnering on water treatment and distribution.

Memorial Day is especially meaningful for a northeast Ohio man whose family has included 24 members who served in the U.S. military since World War I. The Vindicator in Youngstown reports those members include 20 men and four women in John F. Grantonic's family from eastern Ohio's Mingo Junction area.

A woman told police a gun she was holding discharged when she was checking out suspicious activity at a Mingo Junction home.

Today truly was the last day for students at Bantam Ridge Elementary in Wintersville.

He was born Oct. 4, 1964, in Steubenville, the son of Dinah Filby Lathem of Toronto and the late William E. Pagett, Jr.

Amid reports of a possible sale of its long-shuttered facilities that historically operated under the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel badge, officials with RG Steel said they are considering the option.

A local school is dismissing due to a water line break in Mingo Junction. The Jefferson County Christian School on Commercial Avenue was dismissing school as of 10:30 a.m., administrators said.

The village will celebrate Memorial Day with a service at 11 a.m. at the veteran's memorial on Commercial Street.

Fed up with power spikes and outages that put his inventory and equipment at risk, Wine & Beverage Merchants owner Nick Latousakis opted to invest in a natural gas-powered backup generator for his Weirton business.

Arrested: Ashley Hayes, 28, Apartment 405, 707 Market St., bench warrant out of municipal court and possession of drug paraphernalia, Thursday.

At the GFWC Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs 114th-Annual Convention held April 13-15, in Columbus, Sharon Cole-Isner, second vice president of the Woman's Club of Mingo Junction, was appointed editor of the Buckeye Magazine, the official publication of the GFWC Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs.

RG Steel LLC said it will cut pay and benefits for all management and salaried employees.