ST. CLAIRSVILLE – This Black History Month, the Underground Railroad Museum and Ohio University Eastern have teamed up for the ‘Echoes of the Underground Railroad’ exhibit featuring 20 items at the college’s campus. Museum Director Kristina Estle said that this is the first year the ...

After hitting a semantic speed bump on the title and language used in a previous draft, a petition to block Senate reform to Ohio’s recreational marijuana laws is back on track for the ballot. Now, the group behind the petition to roll back parts of Senate Bill 56, signed in January 2025, ...

Ohio government agencies would be barred from defining a parent as “harmful” or “dangerous” for affirming their child’s biological sex rather than their gender, under a bill introduced in the Ohio legislature. The proposed legislation, House Bill 693, is called the Affirming Families ...

BRIDGEPORT – Bridgeport Middle School Principal Anne Haverty Lawson has teamed up with Roberta Raymond, co-chairwoman of the Belmont County The Wall that Heals Committee to make the most of educational opportunities when the ¾-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial comes to Belmont ...

The area’s state representatives and its congressional representative will face primary challenges in Ohio’s May 5 primary, according to filing information from the Jefferson and Belmont county boards of elections and the secretary of state’s office. Incumbent State Rep. Ron Ferguson of ...

WINTERSVILLE – Educators at Indian Creek High School will highlight hellbenders and high-tech happenings at the annual Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC) in Columbus this week. High school science teacher Crystal Fluharty, who heads the natural resources pathway, will join school ...