Eagle-Eyed Photographer
A birdwatcher from Colerain, Tammy Holmes, snapped this amazing photo of a Bald Eagle on Barton Road. It was perched on the fence right outside the old WTRF news station Thursday evening around 6 p.m. (Photo provided)
Two officials sentenced for theft of public funds
A former fiscal officer for the village of New Concord who stole more than $450,000 in taxpayer funds has been sentenced to seven years in prison, according to Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber. The state launched an investigation after a local bank contacted village officials about suspicious activity in a dormant village bank account, the Faber’s office said in a news release. The state “identified multiple check, debit, and other unauthorized withdrawals,” by Lynn Marlatt, the village fiscal officer. Marlatt altered vendor invoices and village checks to hide her theft, the ...
Local Briefs
Belmont County DD Board St. Clairsville – The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities will be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Board meets in its offices at 68421 Hammond Road, St. Clairsville, OH. For more information, visit www.bcbdd.org. PERI Chapter 79 to meet The Belmont County Chapter #79 of the Ohio Public Employee Retirees, Inc., bi-monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 18, at the Ohio Valley Mall Community Room, 67800 Mall Ring Road, St. Clairsville, OH. Kathryn Metz with the Ohio Consumer’s Counsel will be ...
Community efforts building a bridge in Triadelphia
WHEELING – The Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group has spent nearly $50,000 thus far to start the replacement of a new bridge in the Triadelphia area washed out during June 14, 2025 flooding. The bridge served six families in the Springer Addition, who were left without access to U.S. 40. The LTDRG has spent $46,603 so far on the bridge replacement, according to Staci Stephen, executive director of the United Way for the Ohio Valley. But that won’t be all of the cost, she said. “We’ve been renting the equipment to place the beams, and we still have to pay for that,” she said. ...
Crime Novelist Robin Yocum to Visit St. Clairsville Library
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Award-winning crime writer and novelist Robin Yocum will speak at the St. Clairsville Library on Wednesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. St. Clairsville Library’s two book clubs – both fiction and non-fiction groups – will have the opportunity for an exclusive meet and greet with Yocum preceding the public presentation at 5 p.m. These events have been sponsored in great appreciation by the Friends of the St. Clairsville Public Library. Call the library to register, 740-695-2062. Following both talks, Yocum will sign copies of his latest thriller, “The Last ...
Martins Ferry Christian School’s Annual Flower Sale in Progress
Students at Martins Ferry Christian School are selling flowers for their major school fundraiser. This annual sale is going on now through April 15. See an MFCS student or contact the school office at 740-633-0199 to order. Pictured with the flower sale flier is Jackie Steele (left) and Lena ...