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Missed deadline forces Martins Ferry to restart income tax proposal

MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry City Council will have to start over if it still intends to ask voters to approve an increase in the city's income tax to 2% after officials ran out of time to complete the required steps to place the measure on the November ballot. The ordinance was introduced ...

Bridgeport School District gearing up for ‘The Bridge’ opening

BRIDGEPORT – The ribbon cutting for Bridgeport Exempted Village School District's new multipurpose facility, The Bridge, is a week away, scheduled for 5 p.m. Aug. 13, and board of education members and administrators met earlier this week to iron out the final details of its ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Tuesday — 11:16 p.m., a caller reported three suspicious males in a vehicle on Clover Ridge Road in Jacobsburg claiming they were DoorDashing. An officer patrolled the area, but nothing was found. — 11 p.m., a caller reported that people were having intercourse in a vehicle in the parking lot outside of Chick-fil-A on Mall Ring Road in St. Clairsville. An officer responded. Both individuals had motor vehicle operator’s licenses registered in West Virginia. They were advised to leave. — 9:49 p.m., an officer responded to a report of a mental health crisis at an address on Mount ...

More details released in Belmont infant murder case

While not offering many specifics of what his deputies dealt with, Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack said the scene of the alleged murder of a 1-year-old child was something that "no one would want to see." Zusack offered more information in the incident, which happened Friday at a home on ...

Ohio’s annual Tax Free Weekend kicks off Friday

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Ohio Valley Mall is gearing up for the unofficial kickoff of the back-to-school season. Friday through Sunday marks Ohio's annual Sales Tax Holiday, during which qualifying clothing, school supplies and instructional materials will be exempt from state sales ...