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Community rallies around Bridgeport students injured in crash

LANSING — Two Bridgeport High School students were involved in a serious motor vehicle wreck Wednesday evening on U.S. Route 40 in Pease Township. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 1999 BMW 232i was traveling westbound on Route 40. As it negotiated a right curve, the vehicle ...

Woman accused in Bellaire McDonald’s stabbing has bond increased to $50K

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A woman accused of stabbing a Bellaire McDonald’s employee appeared in Belmont County Eastern Division Court on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing. Aryan Summer Alvarez, 30, is facing one charge of felonious assault and one charge of drug possession. Alvarez is ...

Greyhound racing could be ending

WHEELING — A provision in the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 that passed the U.S. House on Thursday would criminalize greyhound racing nationwide. That means the nation’s two remaining dog tracks — Wheeling Island Casino Hotel Racetrack and Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, ...

Trump signs bill funding DHS, ending record shutdown

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in ...

Man charged with pandering obscenity involving minor bound over

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Nicholaus Lee Goins, 25, of Brookside appeared Thursday morning before Belmont County Eastern Division Court Judge David Trouten. Goins was recently charged with seven counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. On Thursday, he waived the reading of the ...

Police Reports

MARTINS FERRY POLICE Wednesday 12:09 a.m. — Officers were on State Route 7 near Aetna Street with a male walking on the highway. Officers gave the male a courtesy ride to the 700 block of Broadway Street. 5:55 p.m. — A traffic stop was initiated in the 300 block of Hanover Street. The ...