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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Community

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, units responded to an address on Lombardy Heights in Bridgeport on a request to assist Bridgeport Police on a domestic call at that location. At 8:57 p.m. Sunday, a caller requested a welfare check on a 16-year-old female at an address in ...

Three arrested on drug charges in Martins Ferry

Local News

MARTINS FERRY – Three men were arrested on drug related charges in Martins Ferry this past Sunday. City residents Mark Kinkus, Michael Kurtley, and Reed Morrow were arrested at a home on Clinton Street around 5 a.m. after several community tips, according to Martins Ferry Police Chief ...

Capito: FEMA Payments ‘Stuck’ in Partial Government Shutdown

Local News

WHEELING – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was surprised to hear Tuesday that public assistance checks tied to federal disaster relief from the April 2024 floods had not been issued, and with the current partial government shutdown lingering, all disaster relief is expected to remain in limbo for ...

W.Va. Senate passes human smuggling bill, heads back to House

Local News

CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Senate amended and passed a House of Delegates bill strengthening human trafficking penalties and adding a new provision aimed at those helping smuggle undocumented immigrants, but the House will need to sign off on the changes. The Senate approved House Bill ...

Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans’ daily routines

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, it was a daily McDonald’s trip for a cup of coffee with 10 sugars and five creams. Later, it was Starbucks caramel macchiatos with almond milk and two pumps of syrup. Coffee has been a morning ritual for Chandra Donelson since she was old enough to drink it. ...