ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Jingle all the way to the Ohio Valley Mall to help families in need this holiday season. On Thursday morning, Belmont County Salvation Army kicked off its annual Giving Tree and Red Kettle initiatives at the Ohio Valley Mall. Belmont County Salvation Army Major Timothy ...
Statehouse Republicans passed legislation Tuesday expanding Ohioans' legal rights to possess gun silencers and short-barreled rifles and shotguns – a category that includes "sawed-off shotguns" and guns manufactured with shorter barrels. It's the first major act by state lawmakers since Democrats routed Republicans up and down the ballot last week. It also represents a preemptive move ahead of January's new legislature in which Democrats, traditionally more skeptical of gun laws, will have new power. Both the House and Senate passed the legislation on Tuesday, and it now heads to ...
Ohio plans a new tool in an attempt cut down on food stamp fraud, and other states are watching the results closely. When an Ohio resident tries to use an electronic benefits transfer outside of the state, it is “locked,” meaning it must be unlocked by the user through an app or by calling a toll-free number before transactions are approved. “Think of it like a credit card,” Tom Betti, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, told The Center Square. “If you lock your card, nothing can be charged to it until you unlock it. The same idea applies ...
MORRISTOWN – Union Local Middle School eighth grade science teacher Tracey Wodarcyk has been named Civil Air Patrol West Virginia Wing’s Air Aerospace Educator of the year. Wodarcyk has spent the past 35 years teaching at Union Local and has taught at Civil War Patrol for the past four ...
Monday At 10:51p.m., a manager at Walmart in the Ohio Valley Plaza, St. Clairsville, reported that a female stole a $65 flashlight and was trying to place it where her headlight was missing on a vehicle with Florida plates. Units responded and took information for a shoplifting report. At 8:40 p.m., a complainant from an address in Barnesville called about motorists flying up and down an alley. An officer responded, but nothing was found. At 8:24 p.m., a caller at Taco Bell on Valley Frontage Road in St. Clairsville reported that his order took 45 minutes, was wrong and now the lobby ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Farm Bureau will host its annual school backpack program packing event on Nov. 21 starting at noon and Nov. 22 starting at 1 p.m. at the Ickes Family Life Center at 67880 Friends Church Rd. Program organizer Devin Cain visited the Belmont County ...
