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Athletic field and phone projects approved at Buckeye Local School District

DILLONVALE — More improvements are set for Buckeye Local School District facilities after officials approved a long-awaited upgrade to Pobolish Field and the replacement of a phone system that was deemed obsolete. School board members accepted a $282,090 bid from Lancaster, Ohio-based ...

Ohio’s public, homeschool athletes could get the same benefits

(The Center Square) — Ohio public school students could soon receive the same athletic benefits as homeschool and private school students. Legislation in the state House of Representatives would give students the chance to be on a sports team in another district if a sport isn’t offered ...

Top official defends partial release of Epstein files as Dems cry foul

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced ...

Social media influencers flock to Bellaire

BELLAIRE — Social media celebrity Flyy Soulja of the Island Boys recently made his way to the village of Bellaire to star in an independent movie called “The Bellaire House: The Heatherington Family.” Ohio Valley native Joshua Heatherington, professionally known as Josh from YNC is the ...

Double homicide trial estimated to take 14 days

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan and Andrew Isaac Griffin’s attorney Kate Clark agreed that they believe Griffin’s trial — set to begin on March 2 in Belmont County Common Pleas Court — will take approximately 14 days. Griffin is accused of the double ...