Belmont County — Authorities announced several drug arrests recently made around the county, with five total people being taken into custody between three incidents. In one case, a minor traffic stop turned into a significant drug arrest, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio Democrats have made significant gains in 2026 races for governor and U.S. Senate, according to a new poll released Thursday by Emerson College. Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, both Democrats, have climbed within the margin of ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday morning to allocate the money provided to the county from the 2022 opioid settlement for the future Belmont County Health Department. A 2022 federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies was filed, with ...

A Zaneville man was killed Wednesday in a one-car crash on Interstate 70 in Belmont County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Thomas M. Littick, 60, died in a crash that occurred around 12:48 p.m. Wednesday near mile marker 202 in Kirkwood Township in Belmont County. According to ...

MARTINS FERRY — Nathan Brooks, who brutally murdered both his parents in September 1995, won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon. Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan said that the Ohio Adult Parole Authority denied early release to Brooks and scheduled another hearing in 10 ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For the second meeting in a row, it was standing-room only during Wednesday evening’s St.Clairsville-Richland City School District School Board meeting. The crowded meeting stemmed from a student committing suicide last month. Assistant superintendent Christina ...