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UL gets $2.6M tax anticipation note loan

Local News

MORRISTOWN — Union Local School District received a $2.6 million tax anticipation note loan from Belmont Savings Bank, which will be repaid from the expected $4.7 million to $4.9 million tax settlement the district will be receiving in March. Superintendent Zac Shutler said that the loan ...

Wall Street steadies as chip stocks bounce back and oil prices ease

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steadied on Thursday as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry bounced back following an encouraging report from a Taiwanese chip giant and as oil prices eased sharply. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and snapped the two-day losing streak it had been on since ...

Ohio Valley companies learn about becoming second chance employers

Community

WHEELING — The message on the Rev. Philip Cooper’s baseball cap sums up his goal and message regarding addiction recovery — “Stigma Slayer.” Cooper, a recovering drug addict who has been sober for many years, brought his message and ideas to a group of local agencies trying to help ...

One dead, one in custody following Bellaire shooting

Local News

BELLAIRE — One person is dead and another is in custody following a Thursday night shooting in Bellaire. Belmont County Coroner Amanda Fisher confirmed one male fatality and that an autopsy is already being scheduled. Fisher said that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Criminal ...

Dragway frustrations continue to grow

Community

STEUBENVILLE — Freebird Dragway owner Ed Glover and his supporters might have gone too far in their social media campaign to pressure county officials into extending the lease held by the business at Friendship Park. At Thursday’s meeting, the Jefferson County commissioners made it clear ...