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AG candidate wants investigation into JobsOhio chairman

A nonprofit agency created by the state funded by state liquor profits is once again taking fire. In recent years, questions surrounded JobsOhio renewal of its lease for state liquor profits and its connection to former Ohio State University President Ted Carter, who resigned after “inappropriate relationship” with a podcaster connected to the agency. Now, JobsOhio Board President Josh Rubin is taking fire from attorney general candidate John Kulewitz. A candidate for Ohio attorney general wants the state to investigate whether Rubin used his position to help a lobbying firm and ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Monday — 11:07 p.m., Wheeling Police requested assistance in locating a runaway juvenile. A deputy responded to an address in Bethesda and spoke with a female who stated that an individual called her the previous day and told her he had jumped out of a window to escape his father, who was physically and mentally abusing him. She picked him up in West Virginia and brought him back to her home in Ohio. The male was dating her daughter. She contacted child protective services and was claiming emergency custody of him for the night. — 9:38 p.m., a caller on Stewart Drive in St. ...

Belmont Legion calls on community to keep museum afloat

BELMONT — Belmont American Legion Post 312 is making a public call for help as construction of the new Belmont Volunteer Fire Station continues to affect attendance at the Belmont County Military Veterans Museum. The post shares a home with the museum, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ...

Chavez talks data centers, infrastructure at Shadyside town hall

SHADYSIDE — Ohio state Sen. Brian Chavez held a town hall meeting Tuesday evening at the Shadyside Community Center, bringing local elected officials and residents together to discuss issues affecting the region. Chavez said the meetings are important because they give residents an ...

Health grants aim to fill gaps across the Ohio Valley

BRIDGEPORT — The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley awarded a total of $139,015 to 17 local organizations Wednesday morning through its River Valley Health Fund. The awards were announced during a banquet at Bridgeport Exempted Village School District’s recently opened “The ...

Husted talks economic development, energy during Steubenville visit

STEUBENVILLE — Reaching out to residents from all parts of Ohio is important to Jon Husted. "If you're going to represent the state, you've got to be in all parts of the state," Husted said Tuesday. "I don't want anyone to feel neglected or left behind, and when you go to a place, you see ...