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Community

Flood recovery Q&A session scheduled

The Valley Grove Community Center will host a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday for Triadelphia and Valley Grove residents who may still have questions about flood recovery. Residents of both communities have been able to apply for individual aid through the Federal Emergency Management ...

WV First Foundation panel hears suggestions on new grant

WHEELING — The West Virginia First Foundation will soon distribute $19.2 million in a new Momentum Initiative Grant, to help organizations throughout the Mountain State combat substance use disorder and promote recovery. On Monday, a regional expert panel listened to Ohio Valley residents’ ...

Man sentenced to life in 37-year-old murder case

WELLSBURG — A judge sentenced a Wellsburg man to life in prison, without chance of parole, after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his father – a death that had been called a suicide 37 years ago. The sentence for James Edward Adams Sr., 63, of Wellsburg, was complicated initially by ...

Fatal crash in Monroe County

A passenger died in a one-vehicle accident in Monroe County at 2:22 a.m. Sunday. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Kregg A. Longwell, 33, of Woodsfield suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Monroe County Coroner. Longwell was sitting in the front ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

At 11:05 p.m. Wednesday, a sergeant on a traffic stop on the eastbound on ramp from U.S. 40 to Interstate 70 in Richland Township. A warning was issued for defective tail lights, the report indicated. At 5 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy responded to the area of the parking lot outside of ...