BELLAIRE — The sixth annual catfish extravaganza is set to take place Saturday and Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Contestants will meet at Nelson Field to pay their entry fee of $35 per person from 3-8 p.m. before heading to the Ohio River to compete to see who can catch the largest ...
WHEELING — WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital officials on Thursday unveiled a plan to open a new Center for Nursing Education at the former NTTC building on Wheeling University’s campus. The hospital was already leasing the building for office space but now plans to renovate the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Kaitlyn Kuhn pleaded not guilty to one count of endangering children. She was arraigned in Belmont County Common Pleas Court by Judge Chris Berhalter on Thursday morning. Kuhn was represented by Belmont County Public Defender Aaron Miller. Her charge stems from the death of a child while in Kuhn’s care and custody. She waived a formal reading of the indictment and recitation of her rights, then entered a not guilty plea. Berhalter granted Miller’s motion for Kuhn’s recognizance bond. Her recognizance bond stipulates she is to have no contact with felons or ...
FLUSHING – Three Belmont County residents were arrested in Flushing on Tuesday morning for administering and manufacturing a controlled substance, two counts of drug possession and possession of drug abuse instruments. Kody Vinka, 35, of Bellaire, Lewis Dunn, 37, of Flushing, and Stacy ...
The state of Ohio is downgrading the commercial driver’s license of 1,200 foreign-born truck drivers for failing to meet new federal requirements on documenting proof that they are in the United States legally. The drivers will be downgraded to a Class D license, which can’t be used to legally drive a commercial vehicle in the U.S., Ohio Department of Public Safety spokesman Bret Crow told The Center Square. “Those receiving this notice who believe their documents do meet the updated federal standards may request a hearing with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to dispute the ...
A pair of Ohio state senators want to tighten scrutiny of utility company electric-usage projections, hoping to avoid expensive new power plants that may not be needed. “The forecasts must be real,” State Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, said at a news conference Tuesday. “Forecast is not demand. A speculative project that may never use a single megawatt in Ohio should not become the excuse for costs that real customers are forced to pay.” Romanchuk co-sponsored Senate Bill 457, the Electricity Forecast Integrity Act, to “encourage more accurate forecasting to prevent ...
