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Resource Network opening new doors for service

WINTERSVILLE – The Jefferson County Educational Service Center Resource Network has gotten the word out that service providers have a ready means of coordinating using the tools and venues of the program. New service agencies joined to form partnerships at the Community Connections gathering ...

Residents, first responders reflect on Ohio County floods one year later

Talk to those who experienced the floods that tore through Ohio County one year ago this weekend, and their reflections often come back to the same thing. In their lives, they had never experienced anything like it. Not the speed. Not the force. Not the destruction. “It was like seeing ...

Local Briefs

Belmont County road projects continue ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Ohio Department of Transportation announced several ongoing construction projects in Belmont County that may affect traffic. Major work continues on the Interstate 70 and state Route 149 interchange improvement project at Exit 208 ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

— 11:20 p.m. Thursday: A caller advised kids were causing problems at an address in Lafferty. An officer responded, but there were no kids at the residence upon arrival. The caller advised everyone had left and all was OK. — 8:58 p.m. Thursday: A caller reported people in several vehicles ...

Flushing’s Heritage Day turns Flushing into the All-American village

FLUSHING — The village of Flushing is celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with a boom. Its annual Heritage Days festival took place Friday evening at Schuler Park. The festival was organized by a committee known as the Concerned Citizens of Flushing and surrounding areas. Organizer ...

Hook, line and sinker: Bellaire catfish tournament returns

BELLAIRE — The sixth annual catfish extravaganza is set to take place Saturday and Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Contestants will meet at Nelson Field to pay their entry fee of $35 per person from 3-8 p.m. before heading to the Ohio River to compete to see who can catch the largest ...