BARNESVILLE — Belmont County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting of members will be held Aug. 12 at Shady Lane Event Center, 94 Shady Lane, Barnesville. Doors open at 5 p.m. with time to visit sponsor displays. The dinner and meeting will start at 6 p.m., and the meal will be catered by “Two ...

South Bellaire Methodist Church will be holding its annual back to school clothing giveaway 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Presbyterian Church gym located on Guernsey Street in Bellaire. All clothing is free with no restrictions as to how much each family may take. This giveaway is available ...

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. “Edge of Honor” by Brad Thor (Atria/Bestler) 3. “Never Flinch” by Stephen King (Scribner) 4. “Tusk Love” by Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds) 5. “Don’t Let Him In” by Lisa Jewell ...

MT. PLEASANT — First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant will host its 20th annual “Concert on the Hill” from 4-8 p.m. Aug. 24 on the lawn behind the church, located at 123 Union St. The concert is a celebration of all types of Christian music. It is completely free of charge — no ...

COLUMBUS — Rena Glover Goss, formerly of Adena, is participating in the Columbus Book Festival this weekend, July 12-13, in Columbus. She is one of 70 Featured Authors and will be part of a three-author panel, Fascinating Felonies, at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 13, in the Library Meeting Room 3B. ...

GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream challenge. Nearly 40 minutes and 2,500 calories later, the dairy farmer from Chapel Hill, ...