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MARTINS FERRY POLICE Thursday 7:44 a.m. – Officers responded to Carlisle St. near N. Zane Hwy to remove debris from the roadway. 9:36 a.m. – Officers encountered a male on a bicycle on the 100 Block of Aetna St. A verbal warning was issued for a stop sign violation. 9:43 a.m. – ...

Community rallies around Bridgeport students injured in crash

LANSING — Two Bridgeport High School students were involved in a serious motor vehicle wreck Wednesday evening on U.S. Route 40 in Pease Township. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 1999 BMW 232i was traveling westbound on Route 40. As it negotiated a right curve, the vehicle ...

Woman accused in Bellaire McDonald’s stabbing has bond increased to $50K

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A woman accused of stabbing a Bellaire McDonald’s employee appeared in Belmont County Eastern Division Court on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing. Aryan Summer Alvarez, 30, is facing one charge of felonious assault and one charge of drug possession. Alvarez is ...

Greyhound racing could be ending

WHEELING — A provision in the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 that passed the U.S. House on Thursday would criminalize greyhound racing nationwide. That means the nation’s two remaining dog tracks — Wheeling Island Casino Hotel Racetrack and Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, ...

Trump signs bill funding DHS, ending record shutdown

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in ...

Man charged with pandering obscenity involving minor bound over

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Nicholaus Lee Goins, 25, of Brookside appeared Thursday morning before Belmont County Eastern Division Court Judge David Trouten. Goins was recently charged with seven counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. On Thursday, he waived the reading of the ...