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Truck flips off Interstate 70
A TRUCK driven by a Newark, Ohio, man went off the right side of Interstate 70 and struck the guardrail Thursday afternoon. Eddie L Whitson, 58, was driving the 2006 International eastbound in Union Township. He attempted to steer back on the roadway but the vehicle rolled over, coming to rest on its right side. He was cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control. The Belmont Volunteer Fire Department was also at the scene. Stonebraker’s Towing came to tow the truck.
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May 16, 2008
Woman pleads innocent in St. C. fatal
May 16, 2008
THE WOMAN who had allegedly struck and killed a 23-year-old St. Clairsville resident last month appeared for her arraignment before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer L. Sargus Thursday morning.
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Officials get tough in Ferry
May 16, 2008
THE CITY of Martins Ferry is getting serious about enforcing its ordinances and especially the one that states that no one shall desecrate a monument or other historical artifact.
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DNA?testing available for pets
May 16, 2008
A 10-MONTH-OLD puppy, better known as Murray, began his stay in the Belmont County Animal Shelter as a stray canine, desperately in need of a home.
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Life is too precious to live in fear
Mon, May 12, 2008 @ 10:53AM
AN UNDESIRABLE mark has been left on the people of China Monday morning as over 3,000 individuals were feared to be dead because of a recent earth quake. Among these deaths are expected to be 900 students as several schools collapsed, or partially collapsed. As some of those students buried underneath the rubble many of them fought to break loose struggling against nature with no positive result. Can you imagine having 900 students taken away in the blink of an eye? For instance, that is like removing Steubenville High School or Buckeye Local High School from the map. Big Red football opponents may enjoy the day dream of not having to face the Ohio powerhouse program, but to have them completely terminated from existence is hard to swallow. That is what the people of the Beijing area are feeling right now.
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Summer of Bummer?
Tue, May 6, 2008 @ 9:30PM
Between the Indians, Pirates and Reds, you'd think at least one of our regional favorites would be playing respectable baseball. Cleveland is easily the most disappointing of the trio. The defending A.L. Central champs have yet to hit their stride and have failed to generate anything resembling consistency. This past weekend's series against the perennial patsy Royals is an excellent example. The Tribe and C.C. Sabathia led late in Saturday's game only to cough up a late 2-0 lead and eventually fall. Sunday, they again wasted excellent pitching and were blanked, 2-0. I've said it before: I don't put much stock in the standings until Memorial Day, but Cleveland obviously needs jump-started. Hopefully, sooner than later. While there's every reason to believe the Indians will recover and enjoy another contending season, no such optimism to resport from the Pirates and Reds' camp. It truly appears these two train wrecks will battle for the N.L. cellar.
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Being of Sound Mind and Body
Wed, May 7, 2008 @ 2:37PM
I'm an animal lover, and I do what I can to get orphan dogs and cats off the street, having adopted my fair share of dogs and cats and finding homes for others. But I was amazed to learn of a woman in Belmont County who included in her will a large sum of money to be donated to the Belmont County Dog Pound upon her death. Recently, the Belmont County Commissioners passed a motion that accepted the bequeathed sum of $88,028.19 to be transfered to the dog pound for the purpose of helping the dogs find temporary homes until they can be placed with loving families. I was amazed that someone could be so generous. It made me sad though, thinking that, although this person has done a great dead to help the animals in her home county, perhaps she did it because she didn't have any person to which to leave her money. No one present at the meeting seemed to know who the woman was.
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Call Out Central
Mon, May 12, 2008 @ 7:52AM
I read a lot of newspapers online each day. Everything from the Columbus Dispatch, Chicago Sun Times, New York Post all the way down to small papers located in the eastern portions of Ohio. Well, I happened to stumble on an absolutely brilliant column in the L.A. Times written by T.J. Simers (See link). Baseball players getting paid a lot of money in a big markets aren't above call-outs and if you don't think so read the column. When words like Tubbo and asking an athlete if they've lost any weight since he challenged him to go on a diet is absolutely brilliant and not to mention funny. These baseball players and any professional athletes are paid for their talents and when they achieve superstar status shouldn't slack off and become complacent. That's how I interpret what Simers is saying. This column was just too good not to share to more than a couple of buddies I sent the email to, so I thought I would pen a blog about it.
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