MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry City Council's livestreams are expected to return soon after a computer failure interrupted the city's ability to broadcast meetings online. During Wednesday's council meeting, Second Ward Council Member Spencer Echemann, who serves as the city's public ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Board of Commissioners began the steps Wednesday of putting two levies on the November ballot. Commissioners adopted resolutions declaring the necessity of levying a tax in excess of the ten mill limitation and requesting Belmont County Auditor Cindi ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to legalize home whiskey distilleries in the United States by a conservative-leaning think tank in Ohio. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, the 6th Circuit upheld the federal ban. The federal government said the law is constitutional because it was enacted to prevent tax evasion and that it would be easier for a distiller working out of their home to conceal the business and therefore avoid paying taxes. On Monday, the Buckeye Institute filed ...
BELLAIRE — Members of the Sons and Daughters of Italy were busy in the kitchen preparing nearly 3,000 pounds of sausage for the annual Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. The sausage will be turned into about 6,500 sausage sandwiches to be sold during the festival, which ...
Sunday — 10:41 p.m., a caller reported a suspicious car idling in the parking lot at the Days Inn West on Holiday Drive in St. Clairsville after individuals in a room had been told to leave. Deputies responded and determined the vehicle belonged to a night-shift employee, according to the report. Deputies checked the rooms and found an intoxicated female still there. A sober driver picked up the female, according to officers. — 10:06 p.m., units responded to a report of domestic trouble at an address on Jug Run Road, St. Clairsville. A caller reported her sister was physically ...
MARTINS FERRY — Backyard swimming pools left to sit stagnant for years could soon become the target of a new Martins Ferry ordinance as city officials seek stronger enforcement tools to address what they say has become a growing nuisance. Mayor John Davies asked council last week to draft ...
