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Buckeye Boosters help band start another year

RAYLAND — Parents and other supporters of the Buckeye Local High School Band stepped into the kitchen Sunday to help ensure its members have everything they need to perform for their school and the community at large. The Buckeye Local Band Boosters once again served up chicken dinners to ...

Commissioners bringing town hall meeting to Martins Ferry

MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry residents will have an opportunity to hear from Belmont County commissioners and ask questions during an upcoming town hall meeting being held at the Martins Ferry Public Library. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Belmont County ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

THURSDAY 11:02 p.m. — A caller reported a suspicious male walking up and down Moores Run Road in Bellaire. An officer responded but did not locate the individual. 9:18 p.m. — Several officers and units from the Bellaire Police Department served a felony search warrant at an address in Bellaire. Damon Gregory Pernick was taken into custody and booked into the Belmont County Jail on charges of failure to appear regarding no driver's license, possession of methamphetamine, possession of crack cocaine, possession of drugs, trafficking in drugs, illegal manufacturing of drugs, ...

PUCO takes steps to limit data center power cost increase

Ohio power regulators are taking steps they say are designed to protect large electric customers from paying higher rates because of data centers. Under a new order by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, data-enter customers will have to give AEP Ohio, a large power company, notice when they plan to ramp up electricity usage so other large customers don’t see power bills increase because of the increased demand from data centers. “Upon receiving notice, AEP Ohio will procure energy to serve the customer through separate stand-alone auctions or spot-market purchases, with the ...

Briefs

UL BOE to meet Aug. 20 BELMONT — The Union Local School District Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. The meeting will take place in the High School Learning Center. Martins Ferry council to meet Flushing Township announces meeting schedule FLUSHING — Flushing Township trustees will hold regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month in 2026 at the Flushing Township Garage. If a meeting date is rescheduled, the public will be notified. Mental Health and Recovery Board report available ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The ...