As inflation concerns dominate the midterm landscape, the candidates in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race are offering competing solutions to bring costs down. Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a ...
WHEELING — Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling's Temple Shalom said remembrance ceremonies for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are just as important now as ever, and perhaps even more important. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on American soil. "That means an entire generation has grown up since and does not remember what life was like before and how we all felt that day," he said. "What was lost, in addition to the thousands of lives that morning, was perhaps our national sense of innocence." Wheeling will hold its annual Sept. 11 ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Fair Rodeo saw the end of an era Thursday night. Union Local High School sophomore Eme Martin spent the evening retiring her longtime horse, Blitz, during the fair’s rodeo. Blitz is a 28-year-old trick-riding horse owned by Martin’s mentor, Union ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Bellaire Fire Department Chief Tim Bell has been found not guilty of assault. On Thursday, Bell was found not guilty by Belmont County Eastern Division Court Judge David Trouten. This past July, Bell was charged with physically assaulting a woman in Shadyside. Shadyside Police Chief Don Collette previously confirmed that the original charge stemmed from an altercation that took place behind the Shadyside American Legion after an altercation inside the building. Bell’s lawyer, Jacob Leach, said that witnesses testified and evidence was presented to the court on ...
Sunday — 11:42 p.m., deputies responded to a report of an assault at an address in Bellaire. A man reported that his 15-year-old son was hit by a neighbor. The boy and neighborhood children reportedly rode by in a golf cart and the neighbor allegedly hit him on the leg. The neighbor denied hitting the teen, saying the juveniles were always causing problems in the neighborhood and riding golf carts and four-wheelers on the road. The neighbor said he hit the back of the golf cart and told the juveniles to get off the road. The boy’s father said his son had a red mark on his leg from ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont woman accused of killing her 1-year-old daughter underwent an evaluation Friday. Autum Sky Palmer, 20, also known as Autum Stotelmyer, was scheduled to appear before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Chris Berhalter Monday morning for a review of Friday’s ...
