BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to an address on Barton Road in Barton for a report of domestic trouble. A caller reported that her husband was intoxicated and was on the porch screaming and yelling. An officer responded. One male was ...

ELM GROVE — The Elm Grove Civics have been a popular fixture in the Wheeling area for a lifetime … make that many lifetimes. The same can be said about the Elm Grove Women’s Club. The Elm Grove Civics as well as the Elm Grove Women’s Club were both established in 1925. The two ...

WHEELING — Former Wheeling Park High School teacher Micah Farmer will serve the maximum 2 to 10 years in prison on charges pertaining to the sexual assault of a student. Farmer, 38, received his sentencing from Ohio County Circuit Judge Michael Olejasz on Tuesday morning. In October 2024, ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:58 p.m. Thursday, a caller from an address on Crescent Road in St. Clairsville reported that a male and his kids were threatening her with dogs. A deputy dropped the complainant off at Sheetz, the report stated. At 11:54 p.m. Thursday, an ...

Photo Provided American Legion Post 159 donates flags to St. Clairsville High School. Pictured from left are post Commander Larry Barnes, Adjutant Rick Johnson, Lowell Perkins, Mike McKeever and school Principal Justin Sleutz.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Bellaire resident Joseph Melvin was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for one count of rape involving a child. Melvin was sentenced in Belmont County Common Pleas Court by Judge Chris Berhalter Monday. Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan said that the ...