ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Commission was presented Wednesday with a new Coordinated Transit Plan for Human Services during its regular meeting. The plan was presented by Ethan Combs, transportation planner with the Bel-O-Mar Regional Council. Also present was Chad Zambori, ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE —11:01 p.m. Tuesday: Deputies assisted St. Clairsville Police in clearing a rental house on East Main Street in St. Clairsville. Nothing was found, the report stated. —10:54 p.m. Tuesday: A caller was in a parking lot on East Lawn Avenue in St. Clairsville and reported she was having issues with her boyfriend. A deputy assisted St. Clairsville Police on the call. The deputy transported the female to Crescent Road and Barton-Crescent Road, where she got into her boyfriend’s vehicle, according to the report. —8:12 p.m. Tuesday: A caller from ...
A pair of Ohio state senators want to tighten scrutiny of utility company electric-usage projections, hoping to avoid expensive new power plants that may not be needed. “The forecasts must be real,” State Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, said at a news conference Tuesday. “Forecast is not demand. A speculative project that may never use a single megawatt in Ohio should not become the excuse for costs that real customers are forced to pay.” Romanchuk co-sponsored Senate Bill 457, the Electricity Forecast Integrity Act, to “encourage more accurate forecasting to prevent ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A trial date has been set for former Martins Ferry volunteer fire chief William Rinderer. Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Chris Berhalter scheduled a jury trial for Aug. 13 at 9:30 a.m. Rinderer appeared before Berhalter on Monday morning. He was indicted last week on one count each of gross sexual imposition and pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. On Monday, Rinderer's bond remained unchanged from when he was indicted at $75,000, with certain conditions. Berhalter said Rinderer is to have no contact with the alleged victim or any minors. The ...
BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT Sunday — 11:48 p.m., an officer responded to an address on Phillips Road in Fairpoint for a reported fight. — 10:24 p.m., a caller reported that a suspicious female approached her vehicle on Valley Plaza Drive in St. Clairsville and harassed her. Officers responded and located the suspect near Anytime Fitness. The caller declined to pursue charges. — 9:30 p.m., a caller reported a break-in at Lansing Limited on Commercial Drive in Bridgeport. Officers responded and collected information for a report. — 9:19 p.m., a caller from Hawthorne ...
STEUBENVILLE — What began as a service-learning project has become a labor of love for Sarah Hibbits. Hibbits, the Orton-Gillingham specialist for Indian Creek Local Schools, created chemo care bags in 2015 to help people undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment at the Tony Teramana ...
