BELLAIRE — When World War II veteran Wayne Hill joined the Navy as a teenager, he missed three Christmases at home during his two and half years of service. On Friday, friends of Hill and owners of the Community Coffee & Tea shop in Bellaire Alyson and Chad Farmer decided to help make ...

MARTINS FERRY — Convicted murder Nathan Brooks who is serving life in prison for the brutal killing of his parents as a 17-year-old Bellaire High School student had his first parole hearing in three decades this year. Brooks, now 47, is serving life in prison at the London Correctional ...

BLAINE — Closed since mid-2024, efforts to replace the Blaine Hill Bridge on National Road in Belmont County kicked into high gear this past year. Sooner than later, motorists driving through the county will be able to cross that bridge to travel along U.S. 40 once again. Structural issues ...

(The Center Square) — Ohioans could soon be able to get needed prescriptions from a pharmacist, rather than a physician. A new bill, House Bill 629, would expand the practice of licensed pharmacists, allowing them to prescribe and dispense medications for some minor and self-limiting ...

MARTINS FERRY — The roller-coaster existence — and non-existence — of East Ohio Regional Hospital continued through its peaks and valleys this past year. Open at the start of the year, closed by spring, in the hands of a new owner in the summer with plans to open by the fall, yet the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After a multiple-year and cross-country investigation, Andrew Isaac Griffin was arrested in Hawaii by Belmont County Sheriff’s Department detectives in February. He was arrested for two counts of aggravated murder for the double homicide of Thomas and Angela Strussion. ...