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Valloric appears for preliminary hearing

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Shawn Mark Valloric, the Bellaire High School teacher and track coach charged with 10 felony counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, will have his case bound over to the April Grand Jury in Belmont County Common Pleas Court. Valloric, 49, of Bellaire ...

D.C. trip gets a boost

SHADYSIDE – Belmont County Friends of Divisional Courts donated $1,750 to Shadyside High School’s Close-Up program for its upcoming trip to Washington D.C. Social Studies teacher and Close-Up advisor Michael Coyne said that the donation will allow him to provide the seven senior students ...

House joins Senate in rejecting war powers resolution to halt attacks on Iran

House lawmakers rejected a war powers resolution to halt Trump’s attack on Iran in a 212-219 vote, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure. The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait shut down after retaliatory Iranian strikes on the country, becoming the second American diplomatic mission to ...

Belliare officials reaffirm child safety following coach’s arrest

BELLAIRE — The Bellaire Village Council passed a proclamation Thursday night reinforcing the community’s commitment to child safety following the recent arrest of a local teacher and longtime track coach on child pandering charges. “It's a formal proclamation reaffirming the protection ...

Copper theft leads to power outage for thousands in Wheeling

Thousands of Wheeling residents lost power Friday – some for minutes, some for hours – after a copper theft at an Appalachian Power substation in Elm Grove. The Wheeling Police Department is investigating a theft and vandalism incident that happened at the County Line Substation near Elm ...

‘Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it’

Even as a youngster growing up in East Liverpool, Lou Holtz had a love for the game. “He’d call and say we got a team, we’ll play you Saturday morning,” Bob Duffy said. “He just loved football.” Holtz, a College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to its last national ...