ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Four Youngstown men were arrested recently on multiple drug charges, the Belmont County Sheriff's Office announced. Detectives with the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit, assigned to the Attorney General’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations ...
STEUBENVILLE — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and CommonSpirit Health have signed a definitive agreement to transfer ownership of Trinity Health System to UPMC, officials said Monday afternoon. The transfer includes Trinity Medical Center West, Trinity Medical Center East, Trinity ...
BELLAIRE – The Imperial Glass Collectors Society concluded its 50th annual Imperial Glass Convention on Sunday at the Imperial Glass Museum. The convention kicked off on Thursday and went through Sunday with attendees from across the country flocking to Belmont County to socialize and view ...
MARTINS FERRY – Tuesday will see Ohio residents flock to the polls from the 2026 primary election. Polls will open in the Buckeye State at 6:30 a.m. that day and close at 7:30 p.m. In Belmont County, a number of seats are up for grabs. Republican Belmont County Commissioner Jerry Echemann’s seat is up for grabs in the election. Echemann announced he would not be running and will be retiring after his term expires at the end of 2026. Former four-term Belmont County Commissioner Chuck Probst of Bridgeport, former Belmont County transportation administrator for the Ohio Department ...
STEUBENVILLE—The race for Ohio’s 96th District seat in the House of Representatives has been heated, with both candidates slinging barbs at their opponent’s voting record and positions. Squaring off for the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s general election are the incumbent, Ron Ferguson, and Frank Hoagland, a former state senator. Ferguson, 40, is a Wintersville resident. He graduated from Ohio State University in 2008 with a degree in communications, is a small business owner and is in his sixth year in Ohio’s House of Representatives. “It’s very clear I’ve made a ...
MARTINS FERRY — Former Belmont County Commissioner Josh Meyer is among the candidates for Belmont County auditor in the May 5 election. He will vie for the position with two other candidates -- incumbent Cindi L. Henry of St. Clairsville and former Shadyside village council member Nick ...
