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Belmont County Farm Bureau is packing a punch towards food insecurity

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Farm Bureau will host its annual school backpack program packing event on Nov. 21 starting at noon and Nov. 22 starting at 1 p.m. at the Ickes Family Life Center at 67880 Friends Church Rd. Program organizer Devin Cain visited the Belmont County ...

Lt. Gilbert welcomed back to Steubenville after 75 years

STEUBENVILLE — First Lt. Raymond Banker Gilbert returned to his hometown Tuesday afternoon, met with a hero's welcome and greeted by residents from across the Tri-State Area. It was a homecoming that happened after 75 years. Gilbert died on Jan. 31, 1951, in a Korean prisoner of war ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Nov. 12

Monday At 10:51p.m., a manager at Walmart in the Ohio Valley Plaza, St. Clairsville, reported that a female stole a $65 flashlight and was trying to place it where her headlight was missing on a vehicle with Florida plates. Units responded and took information for a shoplifting report. At 8:40 p.m., a complainant from an address in Barnesville called about motorists flying up and down an alley. An officer responded, but nothing was found. At 8:24 p.m., a caller at Taco Bell on Valley Frontage Road in St. Clairsville reported that his order took 45 minutes, was wrong and now the lobby ...

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio won the race Tuesday to serve as House Republican leader as the GOP prepares for its new role in the minority. Jordan, who serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot election of ...