MORRISTOWN — An effort that involved decades of work by several passionate individuals is coming to fruition, thanks to $3.9 million in grant funding, and the officials involved celebrated on Wednesday. Members of the Underground Railroad Museum Board of Directors gathered with Belmont ...
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, although ...
STEUBENVILLE — Club 106 owner Derek Smith was found in contempt Tuesday for continuing to operate his controversial after-hours club despite a court order six months ago declaring the violence-plagued bar a public nuisance and ordering it closed. Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Barnesville, Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville high school cheerleading teams were honored for their recent State Spirit Championship wins in Springfield, Ohio, at Wednesday’s Belmont County Board of Commissioners meeting. The teams were honored individually, ...
WHEELING — Voter turnout in Ohio County for Tuesday’s primary election was among the best in West Virginia — but still not as high as first reported on election night. Figures released by the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office showed statewide turnout at 30.32%, with 358,173 ...
MARTINS FERRY — After Martins Ferry City Council sent a letter to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources outlining concerns about the Austin Master Services fracking waste processing facility in the city, it received a response that Mayor John Davies described as nothing more than “blah, ...