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Rep wants end to Ohio’s cap gains tax

An Ohio state representative on Tuesday touted legislation to eliminate the state’s capital gains tax, saying it would increase revenue by encouraging new business creation and entrepreneurship in the state. “If we want entrepreneurs to build here and we want retirees to stay here, and we ...

Ground broken for new WVU Medicine regional cancer complex in Wheeling

As several officials from both WVU Medicine and the city of Wheeling stood before the microphone Tuesday morning, many of them said that the WVU Medicine won't just be building a new state-of-the-art facility with the upcoming WVU Cancer Institute St. Joseph Regional Cancer Complex. It will be ...

Leap of faith: Easter outreach continues without sponsor

WHEELING – The Bethlehem Apostolic Temple in North Wheeling has hosted an Easter food distribution event each year since 1991, but this year the church is doing so without a sponsor. Items for Easter dinner – along with clothes and school supplies – will be handed out beginning at 11 ...

No Trial Date Yet In Sandton Browder Murder Case

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Another pre-trial hearing has been scheduled in the Sandton Browder murder case. Browder, 23, of Virginia is charged with one count of murder with a gun specification and one count of having a weapon while under disability after allegedly shooting to death Jordan Dean, 24, ...

Candidates make their pitch in Shadyside

SHADYSIDE – It’s election season in Belmont County. Ohio Rep. Ron Ferguson, Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan, Belmont County Republican resident David Schafer, and former Belmont County Commissioner Josh Meyer all attended Shadyside Village Council on Monday evening. Ferguson is ...

One arrest made after bomb threats target St. Clairsville businesses

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – One person is in custody after multiple bomb threats were called into St. Clairsville area businesses. Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack said that the bomb threats began at Walmart in St. Clairsville's Ohio Valley Plaza was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon. Richland ...