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Early morning fire on Weegee Road calls for various departments on scene

SHADYSIDE — A house fire on Weegee Road brought several area fire departments to the scene early Thursday morning. OR&W Fire District Fire Chief R.C. Fellows said the house was a single-family home that had seven cats inside. He added that no residents were hurt, but one of the seven cats had to be taken to an animal hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania, and another cat remains unaccounted for. The Bellaire Volunteer Fire Department, Neffs Volunteer Fire Department and Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department were on scene to assist OR&W. Fellows said his department received the call ...

DJFS finds way to resurrect School Clothes for Kids program

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – As soon as the Belmont County Department of Job and Family Services announced it would not be able to offer its annual School Clothes for Kids Program this year, the organization began working behind the scenes to try and ensure children school clothing. On Wednesday ...

Eight students graduate Summer CCAP Program

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Summer CCAP Program and CrossFit for Change held its summer graduation on Wednesday, which saw eight students graduate. Jaden Wiethe, Madyx Ridenbaugh, Clarissa Jarrett, Paiyten Gaito, Jeshua Holder, Stephanie Buck, Logan Henry, and Nolan Gammeter graduated the ...

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 ...