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Colerain trustees to meet Thursday ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Colerain Township trustees will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the township complex, 70730 Crescent Road, to discuss quotes for paving Township Road 1330, East Road. No other business will be discussed. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 740-695-5430. Franciscan criminal justice career fair set for Friday STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville will host its sixth annual Criminal Justice Career Fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Pope St. Paul VI Event ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

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Wednesday — 10:06 p.m., a deputy assisted St. Clairsville police with a report of lightning striking a pole in Orchard Terrace, St. Clairsville. — 9:16 p.m., a caller reported a man's car had been vandalized in the parking lot of the Belmont County Fairgrounds on Roscoe Road in St. Clairsville. An officer responded. — 7:02 p.m., an officer conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 70 eastbound near mile marker 224 issued a warning to a motorist for expired tags. — 4:22 p.m., an officer responded to a report of domestic trouble in Bethesda. According to central dispatch, a ...

EPA says it’s eliminating rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate pollution from power plants. The rule change, first proposed last year, represents a fundamental shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to address climate change and clean up industrial pollution. Environmental groups decried the change, saying it would come at ...

Shadyside plans to go from Halloween to Hallmark

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SHADYSIDE – The village of Shadyside will now have trick-or-treat on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. During village council’s meeting Monday evening, council member Melanie Haswell addressed a motion that was passed during council’s previous meeting. At the past meeting, ...

Valloric sentenced in case involving more than 10,000 images

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Former Bellaire High School teacher and track coach Shawn Valloric was sentenced to 14-15 years in prison Monday. Valloric pleaded guilty to 52 charges involving child pornography in August. In April, he was arraigned on 52 counts of pandering sexually oriented matter ...

New felony charges filed against former Brooke High principal

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WELLSBURG — Two additional felony charges have been filed in the case against the now-former principal of Brooke High School, who has been accused of hiding cameras in three girls' locker rooms at the school. Eric Michael James, 53, now faces three felony counts of intentionally ...