Jefferson County News

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

A man and woman were sentenced Monday by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr.

LOUISVILLE - Louisville police arrested four people in connection with the double murder at an apartment complex in southwest Jefferson County.

After two fires in the same abandoned Yorkville home in three weeks, it's now sparked the interest of the Ohio State Fire Marshal's office.

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.

In just a short amount of time, Jefferson County fire crews were put up against fighting separate blazes Monday night.

Dave Elias blogs about the court proceedings. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- Judge John Sullivan told each of the perspective jurors that he understands that jurors are being inconvenienced and he understands that they may be nervous given the nature of the case.

The basement of the Jefferson County Courthouse holds a treasure chest of information for family historians, but accessing and preserving that information has been difficult up until now.

Jack Cera officially was hired Monday as the new coordinator of the Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority.

Jefferson County Commission members will no longer hold their regularly scheduled Thursday meetings on weeks that include a holiday.

Convicted murderer Terrell Yarbrough broke down sobbing as he addressed the families of his victims and apologized for his role in the May 31, 1999 murders of Aaron Land and Brian Muha.

Hundreds of area veterans received a variety of information and screenings during the 16th annual Veterans Health Fair held Saturday by the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Jefferson County Veterans Service Commission and Steubenville City Schools.

The opening of Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville stirs up some powerful emotions in CEO Susan Colpo.

With the number of swine flu cases increasing, so many people have questions and the Jefferson County Health Department has set up a special line to accommodate all of the calls.

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday agreed to provide another $70,000 to meet the payroll at the county jail.

The Jefferson County grand jury returned indictments Wednesday against a Lisbon man for stealing his murdered father's truck and credit cards, and several convicted sex offenders who failed to report their addresses to the sheriff.

Terrell Yarbrough was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of murder in the first degree and conspiracy to commit criminal homicide in the May 31, 1999, kidnap-slaying of Aaron Land, 20, of Philadelphia, and Brian Muha, 18, of Westerville, Ohio.

A five-year, 1-mill levy for village fire department services passed easily during Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results from the Jefferson County Board of Elections.

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.

A man who threatened a common pleas judge presiding over a child custody case was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court to two years in prison.