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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Wednesday — 10:06 p.m., a deputy assisted St. Clairsville police with a report of lightning striking a pole in Orchard Terrace, St. Clairsville. — 9:16 p.m., a caller reported a man's car had been vandalized in the parking lot of the Belmont County Fairgrounds on Roscoe Road in St. Clairsville. An officer responded. — 7:02 p.m., an officer conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 70 eastbound near mile marker 224 issued a warning to a motorist for expired tags. — 4:22 p.m., an officer responded to a report of domestic trouble in Bethesda. According to central dispatch, a ...

Staying Clean Club’s car show gears up for 10th year

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Schools Staying Clean Club, in conjunction with the Classy Chassis Car Club, is gearing up for the 10th annual Car, Truck and Bike Show on Saturday at the Ohio Valley Mall. The annual event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with registration ...

Bridgeport Schools strengthening student agency

BRIDGEPORT — The students of Bridgeport Exempted Village School District are taking a leading role in determining their futures, with educators learning new ways of making student agency central. On Sept. 8, the Bulldogs welcomed back Mike Nicholson, founder of Learning InspirED, who is ...

Ramaswamy discusses data centers, property taxes in Marietta

MARIETTA - Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy used a campaign visit to Marietta on Friday to outline proposals addressing data centers, property taxes and services for veterans while marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Ramaswamy met with Gold Star ...

Study: Franciscan University adds $81.2M to Ohio Valley economy

STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville contributed an estimated $81.2 million in added income to the Ohio Valley economy and supported 1,146 regional jobs during the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to a new economic impact study by Lightcast. The study measured the economic ...

Anthropic CEO says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents ...