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Newly-elected St. C. city council member hits the ground running

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Newly-elected city council member Mike Kasper was sworn into office during Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting alongside re-elected council members Don Vincenzo, Kristi Lipscomb and J.C. Thrash. The four were sworn in by law director Joe Vavra as the council meeting ...

Body found on the Ohio side of Ohio River early Monday morning

BELLAIRE — A body was recovered along the shoreline slightly south of the I-470 bridge on the Ohio side of the Ohio River in the early morning on Monday. Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl said that due to the river falling within West Virginia’s jurisdiction, the Wheeling ...

Powhatan Point man arrested on trafficking charges

A Powhatan Point man, arrested last week on an outstanding warrant, stands accused of possessing approximately 69 grams of fentanyl at his home, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. Jonathan Hawthorne, 44, was taken to Belmont County Jail on charges of possession and ...

Search for cause of fatal fire

SMITHFIELD — Short Creek Joint Fire District Chief Austin Raymond says investigators are working to determine the cause of a deadly house fire in Smithfield over the weekend but “it’s going to take a while.” Three people — two of them school-aged children — were killed in the ...

Authorities Recover Body From Ohio River

BELLAIRE – A body was recovered along the shoreline slightly south of the I-470 bridge on the Ohio side of the Ohio River in the early morning on Monday. Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl said that due to the river falling within West Virginia’s jurisdiction, the Wheeling ...