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Jefferson County commissioners Thursday hammered out a 2010 budget that will result in layoffs at departments throughout the general fund.

City Police are seeking suspects in two robberies that occurred early Friday morning at a local store and city school.

The planning commission has turned down another proposal for the former Geauga Lake Hotel, this one for an assisted living facility.

Friends, family and comrades-in-arms of the late Carl "Dutch" Nordenger gathered Wednesday for a ceremony honoring the Korean War veteran as the Jefferson County Veterans Service Commission's 2009 Veteran of the Year.

TORONTO a ' A Thanksgiving dinner was held for 64 members of the Toronto Sunrise Seniors at a recent meeting.

The Marine Corps Reserves' Toys for Tots program will have a higher profile in Jefferson County this holiday season helping provide disadvantaged children with gifts under the tree come Christmas morning.

The city's light-up night, sponsored by the city chamber, is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Nov.

The Toronto Coalition for Revitalization is sponsoring a community forum on economic development beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Karaffa Middle School.

Some people adopt because they can't physically have children, empty nesters may adopt to fill a lonely home, others just want to help children.

Gem City residents selected three individuals to serve a four-year term on the Toronto City School's Board of Education during the Nov.

The American Legion Post 86 is gearing up for its annual Toys for Tots program by holding a series of fundraisers through December.

Doug Flesch said he's delighted to be back in his hometown and doing business. Flesch, a 1988 graduate of Toronto High School, grew up in the Gem City and recently returned to open River City Apparel at 237 N. Fourth St.

Huntington Bank branch managers from throughout the Ohio Valley volunteered their time Thursday to help the village.

WELLSVILLE Albert J. Siers, 82, of Mick Road died Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, 2009, at his home.

TORONTO Incumbent Democrats will keep their council seats for another two years, according to unofficial results Tuesday from the Jefferson County Board of Elections.

City Police are seeking a man who robbed a city pharmacy at gunpoint Tuesday morning.

A burglar who admitted to breaking into a downtown pharmacy six times and a convicted sex offender who failed to notify authorities of his address were sentenced to prison Monday by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr.

Members of the Three Score Senior Club held its monthly meeting on Oct. 22 at Undo's in the Holiday Inn-Weirton. President Frances "Cookie"?Veltri presided.

Toronto City Schools' Superintendent Fred Burns hopes voters in the Gem City will approve the 5-mill replacement levy that will appear on the Nov.

Four individuals are seeking three seats on the Toronto City School District's board on Nov.