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YSU board OKs taking title to EGCC

STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County officials welcomed Youngstown State University to Steubenville Thursday, calling it “a major step forward for education and workforce development” in the community. After a special afternoon board meeting, YSU President Bill Johnson announced the school’s board of trustees had approved a resolution to accept title to the roughly 180,000-square-foot building, furnishings and equipment left behind when Eastern Gateway Community College was forced to close its doors more than a year ago. The deal, which includes two parking lots, encompasses about ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:13 p.m. Wednesday, a caller from Pilot Travel Center on Belmont-Morristown Road reported that a semi was on pump 18 since 8 p.m. Employees had knocked on the door and had gotten no answer. An officer responded and reported that the male had been asleep and he had left. At 9:52 p.m. Wednesday, an anonymous caller reported that he witnessed someone in a vehicle drop off a dog on the side of the road near the Dilles Bottom off ramp in Powhatan Point. An officer patrolled the area but found nothing. At 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy ...

St. Clairsville High School releases honor roll for first nine weeks

Prinicipal’s List 9th Grade Natalie Baum Arrabella Becker Gavin Bell Mavrick Benedict Lucy DeFranco Aidan Everson Adalyn Feaster Raegen Fillipovich Miles Jarrett Macey Keller Adriel Maevsky Emelia Mancz Hannah McCracken Luke McKeever Presley Mellott Alexander Norman Reid Pack Harper Poe Greigh Schnelle Bentley Shutler Caiden Straub Joseph Telford Isaac Vasas Jamison Young Colton Zdanski 10th Grade Howard Black Mason Conway Thomas DiLoretta George Dormas Elizabeth Fulton Broden Gray ...

Union Local students advance to Belmont County bee

Nicole Ignacak, left, and Aubrey Everett show off their awards for finishing first and second, respectively, in the Union Local Middle School Spelling Bee on Tuesday afternoon. Both advance to the 2025-26 Belmont County Spelling Bee, scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the ECO Center on the ...

Barnesville students advance to Belmont County bee

Eli Jefferis, left, and Natalie Showalter finish first and second, respectively, in the Barnesville Middle School Spelling Bee on Tuesday evening. Both advance to the 2025-26 Belmont County Spelling Bee, scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the ECO Center on the campus of Ohio University Eastern, ...

Cisney estate donates $600K to West Liberty U.

WEST LIBERTY — The late Jack Cisney will continue to impact higher education in the Ohio Valley for years to come, with a second large gift that will help business students. The West Liberty University Foundation announced that Cisney, an Ohio Valley educator and longtime higher education supporter, has donated $600,000 to WLU to establish the Jack E. Cisney Scholarship, an endowed fund that will provide financial assistance to students majoring in accounting and other business disciplines at West Liberty University. “Mr. Cisney was clearly a person who placed others before ...