ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival prepares to kick off this weekend, board members, sponsors, friends and family gathered Wednesday evening at Undo's West to honor Bob Contraguerro Jr., the festival's 2026 Italian American of the Year. Contraguerro, ...
PLEASANTS COUNTY/UPSHUR COUNTY — Severe storms that swept across West Virginia Tuesday left behind a path of destruction, flooding and power outages from Pleasants County to Upshur County, damaging homes, businesses and infrastructure while prompting emergency declarations and bringing ...
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 ...
