BELLAIRE — Bellaire Mayor Ed Marling is planning to retire after serving Belmont County communities for 24 years. Before serving as Bellaire’s mayor for four years, Marling served as Shadyside’s mayor for 10 years and another 10 years Shadyside Village Council. He served Shadyside from ...

WHEELING — Unified Bank, which already boasts a robust clientele in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, cut the ribbon Tuesday on a site that will give those Mountain State residents a full-service spot to do their banking in Wheeling. Bank officials and Wheeling dignitaries braved the ...

(The Center Square) — An Ohio policy group believes student achievement, rather than money, is the basis of the state’s universal school choice program. That’s the argument The Buckeye Institute is using in a brief to an appellate court deciding the legality of Ohio’s EdChoice ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Gulfport Energy, EQT, Halo Land Management, and the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program teamed up for its annual collaboration with Toys for Tots at First Presbyterian Church on Monday. Ohio Oil and Gas Association director of ...

BRIDGEPORT — The Bridgeport Police Department hosted its annual award ceremony at Bridgeport High School on Monday evening. Assistant Police Chief Darby Copeland said that the annual event was created to recognize officers for going above and beyond, as well as for their courageous years of ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Tourism Council recently celebrated a year of remarkable accomplishments at its annual Christmas Party. The event highlighted major tourism milestones and presented the 2025 Mattox Award to the Epworth Park Foundation. The award was established in 2019 to ...