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Students turn trash into art for local contest

STEUBENVILLE — More than 70 area students put their minds and hands to work, creating art from empty cans and bottles, cardboard boxes and other items that might otherwise be tossed in the trash for a contest held by the JB Green Team. It was the ninth year for the contest held by the ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 9:03 p.m. Sunday, a caller reported that her son may be missing, noting that he usually calls her daily. Officers agreed to perform a well check at an address on Main Street in Lloydsville. Central dispatch advised that the male was arrested earlier that day. An officer updated his mother. At 9:02 p.m. Sunday, Monroe County officials reported a be-on-the-lookout advisory for a stolen vehicle, then later called to advise that they were in pursuit of that vehicle and were headed towards Belmont County. At 9:32 p.m., the vehicle crashed near ...

Bible Bowl Comes to Wheeling

WHEELING – The National Road Church of Christ, 1310 National Road, Wheeling, is slated to host the annual Miami Valley Bible Bowl this weekend, March 7-8. Church member Sean Cronin said the church has participated in the bowl for the past six years at various churches in Ohio and West ...

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 ...