Belmont County — Authorities announced several drug arrests recently made around the county, with five total people being taken into custody between three incidents. In one case, a minor traffic stop turned into a significant drug arrest, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s ...
COLUMBUS — Ohio Democrats have made significant gains in 2026 races for governor and U.S. Senate, according to a new poll released Thursday by Emerson College. Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, both Democrats, have climbed within the margin of ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday morning to allocate the money provided to the county from the 2022 opioid settlement for the future Belmont County Health Department. A 2022 federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies was filed, with ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts to come in 2026. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% and finished just shy of its all-time high, ...
WHEELING — Wheeling University received positive news this week from the Higher Learning Commission, as the “financial issue” designation it gave to the university in July has been removed. “We are grateful to our faculty, staff, students, Board of Trustees, and the Most Reverend Mark ...
MARTINS FERRY — Nathan Brooks, who brutally murdered both his parents in September 1995, won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon. Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan said that the Ohio Adult Parole Authority denied early release to Brooks and scheduled another hearing in 10 ...