(The Center Square) — Ohioans can plan on receiving full SNAP benefits in Ohio, but when the money will come is still up in the air. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced it received new federal guidance following votes to reopen the federal government. The new guidance ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Salvation Army of Belmont County’s motto is “doing the most good,” and that’s just what Maj. Tim Higgins is hoping to do this holiday season as the organization kicks off its annual Red Kettle drive and Angel Tree program. But they can’t do it alone. They ...

BARNESVILLE — Even at 76 years old, Barnesville resident Becky Wehr refuses to slow down. Wehr was honored Thursday as a finalist of the national 2025 Silver Sneakers Member of the Year at Ferrum Fit, the gym where she works out. Tivity Health account executive Kristina Macchiaroli ...

BRIDGEPORT — Close to 1,000 members of the Bridgeport Exempted Village School District community became part of a new era Nov. 12, when all current students, faculty and staff were invited to sign one of the exposed steel beams to be installed in the multipurpose facility to be dubbed “the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over — on paper, at least. But the American public isn’t done with it yet: Getting everything back up and running doesn’t happen all at once. The disruption of the closure, clocking in at 43 days, varied in its impact. ...

According to Martins Ferry Schools Superintendent Jim Fogle, the person accused of making the online threat to the Belmont County JVS and Martins Ferry Schools is in custody, and the lockdown has been lifted. Original story Martins Ferry Schools and the Belmont County JVS are both on a "soft ...