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Opioid funds to help with new health department building

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday morning to allocate the money provided to the county from the 2022 opioid settlement for the future Belmont County Health Department. A 2022 federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies was filed, with ...

Zanesville Man Killed In Belmont County Vehicle Crash

A Zaneville man was killed Wednesday in a one-car crash on Interstate 70 in Belmont County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Thomas M. Littick, 60, died in a crash that occurred around 12:48 p.m. Wednesday near mile marker 202 in Kirkwood Township in Belmont County. According to ...

Convicted murderer Nathan Brooks denied parole

MARTINS FERRY — Nathan Brooks, who brutally murdered both his parents in September 1995, won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon. Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan said that the Ohio Adult Parole Authority denied early release to Brooks and scheduled another hearing in 10 ...

St. C. board to implement counseling services

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For the second meeting in a row, it was standing-room only during Wednesday evening’s St.Clairsville-Richland City School District School Board meeting. The crowded meeting stemmed from a student committing suicide last month. Assistant superintendent Christina ...

Buckeye Local students work with career coaches on future plans

CONNORVILLE — Buckeye Local High School students are charting their career path in a new collaboration with Future Plans — The G.R.I.T. Project. The G.R.I.T. Project, which stands for Growing Rural Independence Together, is a grassroots economic recovery initiative in Appalachian Ohio ...