- Shadyside officials confirm a lawsuit between the village’s former administrator and a former councilman has been settled. Terms of the agreement will remain confidential under a non-disclosure agreement.
- Concerns over school counselor staffing were raised during Monday night’s Hancock County Board of Education meeting, with educators questioning whether current staffing levels meet state requirements.
- Brooke County will receive more than $1.8 million in state funding to upgrade the Hooverson Heights Water Station. Officials say the investment will modernize the system and allow local funding to be redirected toward additional water infrastructure projects.
- Wheeling City Council has approved demolition of the long-vacant TCI building along National Road. The project will include asbestos removal and demolition using funding from West Virginia’s Dilapidated Properties Program.
- Authorities have identified the man found dead near Beatty Park in Steubenville as Randy Bake. The Jefferson County Coroner says his injuries are consistent with a fall after hikers discovered him Friday morning.
- Bellaire homicide suspect Sandton Browder is scheduled to stand trial in January and remains jailed on a $3 million bond.
- In a separate case, an East Liverpool woman faces charges connected to a fatal hit-and-run after a previously sealed indictment was unsealed.
- Larry Harvey has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for making bomb threat hoax calls that disrupted the community and led to injuries during evacuations.
- Former Hancock County deputy Patrick Hoder could be released from prison as early as August 5 following a scheduled parole hearing. He will remain on the sex offender registry for life.
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