ST. CLAIRSVILLE – A bomb threat written on the wall of the girls bathroom at the St. Clairsville High School and Middle School lead to mass evacuation. Superintendent Walter Skaggs said that he was made aware of the threat and investigated it. Once his staff discovered that it was in fact ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A new law takes effect at the end of September that will require new Ohio drivers up to age 21 to complete a full driver’s education course. Beginning Sept. 30, those seeking their first driver’s license will be required to take an Ohio-approved driver training course ...

BRIDGEPORT — There are quite a few new faces in the halls of Bridgeport Exempted Village School District. The school year began with an uptick in enrollment, and Superintendent Brent Ripley said this growth is reflected in a project to expand the parking lot. “We are up over 75 ...

LEROY CHARLEY, the man convicted of the aggravated homicide of a woman who was beaten, bitten, partially strangled and stabbed 20 times in the chest, recently was denied parole and remains incarcerated in Ohio’s Southeastern Correctional Institution. The body of 42-year-old Sue Forbes, ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Fair has come and gone but Belmont County Fair Board President Ed Campbell celebrated the fair’s success. Campbell said that, despite the lower than normal attendance on Thursday due to rain, the turnout the rest of the week was fantastic. He ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — On Sept. 3, Rural Schools Collaborative Executive Director Taylor McCabe-Juhnke joined Ohio University Patton College School of Education and Building Bridges to Careers for their back-to-school Rural Teacher Corps Kickoff event on Ohio University’s Eastern campus in St. ...