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Ohio Valley Newsliners:

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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 5:08 p.m. Tuesday, a deputy responded to Barnesville-Hendrysburg Road near Harry Dew Road in Barnesville at the request of the Ohio State Highway Patrol to check on a motor vehicle crash. Vehicles were stuck, and the officer shut down the top of the ...

Wheeling: No more exemptions from public camping ban

Community

WHEELING — The condition of the site where Wheeling’s homeless encampment was located until its closure earlier this week was described by city leaders as a “hell hole,” and its cleanup came at a significant price. The Wheeling City Manager’s Office officially announced in a ...

Operation Toy Lift lifts spirits

Local News

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For the ninth straight year, the Wheeling Police Department and the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department teamed up with the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley for “Operation Toy Lift.” The event was created by Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger in hopes of ...

Santa Claus coming to toy and train museum

Community

WHEELING — The Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum is gearing up for multiple visits from Old St. Nick. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus will stop by the Museum for three consecutive Saturdays – Dec. 6, 13 and 20 – to take pictures with all the good little boys and girls. Visiting and taking ...

Bridgeport ‘Bridge’ on track for roofing

Local News

BRIDGEPORT — Construction of the grant-funded multipurpose facility to be dubbed “The Bridge” on the Bridgeport Exempted Village School District campus is reaching a major milestone, with the roof soon to be in place and work in the enclosed building to proceed through winter. The nearly ...