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Calendar outlines 2026-27 school year in Martins Ferry

MARTINS FERRY — Summer vacation may have just begun for many students, but the countdown to the 2026-27 school year is already underway in the Martins Ferry City School District. District officials have released the academic calendar for the upcoming school year, which will see students return to classrooms Aug. 19 following two teacher in-service days on Aug. 17-18. The calendar outlines 179 student instructional days and 184 teacher work days, along with holiday breaks, grading periods, parent-teacher conferences and commencement exercises. The first nine-week grading period will ...

Martins Ferry FOP Lodge 78 supports youth sports

Photo courtesy Martin Ferry Police Deportment Facebook page From left, Martins Ferry Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 78 Treasurer Zach Cole, Steel Valley Youth Sports Association Executive Director Sam Strobel and FOP President Jon Young pose after the lodge presented a Bronze Sponsorship to ...

Calling it a win for families, Ohio’s new attorney general Friday praised a federal appeals court ruling that allows the state’s social media age verification law to take effect after sitting for more than two years. Attorney General Andy Wilson praised the ruling that came down Thursday from a three-judge panel at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, ending an injunction. Social media, gaming and other internet app companies will now be required to verify a user’s age and get parental consent for children under 16 years old to use a platform. “This ruling is a ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

— 9:25 p.m. Wednesday: A deputy assisted Bellaire police on a call regarding reports of neighbor trouble at an address on Jefferson Street in Bellaire. — 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: A sergeant responded to the Village Network on National Road in Morristown for a report of a male who was dropped off from Summit County and was refusing to come inside. He was reportedly outside the facility smoking marijuana. — 4:26 p.m. Wednesday: Deputies responded to the parking lot outside Planet Fitness on Banfield Road in St. Clairsville for a report of a hit-skip motor vehicle accident with property ...