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Special meeting set ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting with the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities and county Auditor Cindi Henry at 4 p.m. Thursday at the disabilities board office. The purpose of the meeting is to ...

Health tech blood drive on Oct. 28

BLOOMINGDALE-The health technologies program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School is looking for volunteers to give the gift of life during an upcoming blood drive. The first of three campaigns will be held on Oct. 28 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the health tech lab at the school, which ...

Family Returns To Warwood To Honor Vietnam Veteran

WHEELING — Pfc. Russell Frank McLaughlin answered the call of duty to his country in 1967, and just months later paid the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam. Nearly 58 years later, members of his family returned to the Warwood community they once called home to salute McLaughlin on Monday during ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:46 p.m. Monday, an officer on a traffic stop on Interstate 470 west in St. Clairsville issued a warning to a Pennsylvania motorist for a brake light violation. At 11:31 p.m. Monday, a deputy on a traffic stop on 28th Street in Bellaire issued a ...

Parkersburg native named new WSO executive director

WHEELING — A native West Virginian will be the next executive director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. The WSO announced Monday afternoon that Parkersburg native Marc Zyla will take over at the helm of the organization. Zyla replaces Sonja Thoms, who left the WSO in July to become the ...

Jefferson JVS looking to reconnect with alumni

BLOOMINGDALE — The Jefferson County Joint Vocational School is celebrating 50 years of greatness and is reaching out to alumni to reconnect. Plans are in the works to mark the occasion, and organizers are looking to involve past faculty and administrators, but they currently are seeking ...