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Carly Greer and the Hooch rock the Belmont Correctional Institution

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – History was made on Wednesday as Carly Greer and the Hooch became the first band to perform inside the Belmont Correctional Institution in the facility's history. BCI Warden Shelbie Smith said the idea came from seeing an advertisement for Greer last year. She then reached ...

Belmont County Courthouse Plaza project soon to begin

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Courthouse Plaza's start date for construction is just around the bend, the Belmont County Board of Commissioners during their Wednesday board meeting. Commissioner Jerry Echemann said that construction is expected to start mid-August with a  completion ...

Iran and US trade fire and Trump calls the ceasefire into question

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The ...

Rabbi Lief talks role of new Wheeling homelessness task force

Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom said Tuesday afternoon that the plight of the city's homeless population is a problem that no one in Wheeling can ignore. "All it takes for problems to endure is for good people to pretend that it's not their problem, walk on by and turn a blind ...

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