FLY — Plans are being finalized for the third annual Ohio River Ferryboat Festival on the Long Reach, which will also mark the 200th anniversary of ferry traffic on the Long Reach area of the Ohio River. The festival is a celebration of ferry transportation across the river, specifically ...
By ROBERT A. DEFRANK Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Commissioners accepted the 2018 budget for Fiscal 2018 with finances expected to be tight. Fiscal Officer Barb Blake noted that each fiscal year is divided in half and the budget is prepared in ...
BARNESVILLE — Gulfport Energy has stopped drawing water from the Slope Creek Reservoir at the request of village officials. Village Administrator Roger Deal made the announcement at a recent Village Council meeting, saying he had asked Gulfport to cease pumping water from the reservoir on ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Washington, Pa., man was arrested in St. Clairsville by the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department on Friday morning on a charge of attempted murder. Sheriff Dave Lucas said his office got a call around 2:30 a.m. Friday from the Pennsylvania State Police post in ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Unit conducted a major drug sweep in which 41 suspects were charged with drug trafficking — 15 of them were arrested, seven were already incarcerated and 19 remain at large. The investigation that led to the ...
NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Students throughout Appalachian Ohio know how important post-secondary education is to their success as adults. Thanks to more than 50 donor-established scholarship funds at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, nearly 150 Appalachian Ohio students will receive scholarships ...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — United Community Financial Corp., parent company of Home Savings Bank, announced net income of $8.2 million, a 45.5 percent improvement over the quarter ended June 30, 2016. Second quarter 2017 highlights: ∫ Organic loan growth, including loans held for sale, strong ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 2:10 p.m. Thursday, a deputy patrolled the area of Leatherwood Pike, Barnesville, for a report of a suspicious person. A caller reported a heavyset white male wearing glasses came to her door asking if she got her Wal-Mart gift card and was being ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The St. Clairsville-Richland City School District Board of Education faced a light agenda when it gathered recently for its monthly meeting. The board continued to prepare for the 2017-18 school year by hiring a handful of personnel. Included in that list were: Courtney ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Community Action Council will continue the Summer Crisis Program. This program provides assistance with electric bills, air conditioners and/or fans to those who are at or below 175 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Maximum income for a family of ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont College will be holding a New Student Open House from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 29 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Main Campus location in St. Clairsville. Prospective students and their families are invited to meet and talk with college faculty and staff, receive ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — David Trouten, clerk of courts for Belmont County, released the report of his office’s activities for June. The Title Office in Bellaire remains closed while repairs are done to the building after fire damage. “The staff in the St. Clairsville Office is doing a ...
WHEELING — Marti Starkey of Wheeling worries her son and his wife’s pre-existing medical conditions will mean they’ll have to stay at lower-paying jobs to keep their health insurance if Congress repeals or amends the Affordable Care Act. Seven members of MOVE — Marchers Ohio Valley ...
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” (French proverb) While scanning YouTube videos, I came across an appearance by Ronald Reagan on “The Tonight Show,” hosted by Johnny Carson. The year was 1975 and Reagan was “between jobs,” having left office as governor of ...
BELLAIRE — One of the key goals of the Ohio Valley Farmers’ Market is to teach children to support farmers and to do their own growing, too. OVFM works hard to create an environment for children and their families to share a wide variety of learning experiences. Every Saturday morning ...
MARTINS FERRY — The city is preparing to participate in a pilot program that involves separating homes’ downspouts from the sanitary sewer system. Service Director Chris Cleary said the program also calls for separating storm and sanitary sewers. The East Ohio Regional Water Authority is ...
WOODSFIELD — Monroe County officials and business leaders learned more about the oil and gas industry and its plans for the area at the “What’s in the Pipeline for Monroe County” informational forum on Thursday. The event, held at the Brown Community Center in Woodsfield, was hosted ...
MARTINS FERRY — A basketball tournament originally slated to take place during the Betty Zane Days festival will not be able to occur this year due to a mistake regarding the festival’s beer garden placement, said Martins Ferry Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Cooper. Cooper said for the past ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Two more people were arraigned Thursday on charges including murder, robbery and aggravated burglary in connection with an alleged home invasion that resulted in the death of Joshua Gorayeb in Bellaire. Thomas Earl Grubba, 34, and Diane Jean Kuri, 28, both of Wheeling and ...
CADIZ — Various maintenance issues were among the topics discussed by Cadiz Village Council on Thursday. Council members listened to village Administrator Charley Bowman as he presented various issues from his report. Bowman talked about the need to put out bids for a new dump truck, as ...