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Greyhound racing could be ending

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WHEELING — A provision in the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 that passed the U.S. House on Thursday would criminalize greyhound racing nationwide. That means the nation’s two remaining dog tracks — Wheeling Island Casino Hotel Racetrack and Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, ...

Trump signs bill funding DHS, ending record shutdown

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in ...

Man charged with pandering obscenity involving minor bound over

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Nicholaus Lee Goins, 25, of Brookside appeared Thursday morning before Belmont County Eastern Division Court Judge David Trouten. Goins was recently charged with seven counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. On Thursday, he waived the reading of the ...

Police Reports

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MARTINS FERRY POLICE Wednesday 12:09 a.m. — Officers were on State Route 7 near Aetna Street with a male walking on the highway. Officers gave the male a courtesy ride to the 700 block of Broadway Street. 5:55 p.m. — A traffic stop was initiated in the 300 block of Hanover Street. The ...

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Community

SONS OF ITALY UGUAGLIANZA LODGE 754 hosts a dance night from 7:30-10:30 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at the lodge, located at 3348 Belmont St., Bellaire. FREE CLOTHING GIVEAWAY is offered on the second Monday of each month through November at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church ...