BELLAIRE – In 1991 — now 35 years ago — movie makers set out to make a psychological thriller involving murder and cannibalism in what was then the city of Bellaire. Today, Bellaire is a village, and "The Silence of the Lambs" went on to win five major Oscars and become the premier film ...
Chris Rowan is a prop stylist and set decorator by trade – one of those folks who makes sure the environment actors move around in on the set of a film or television production is just right, and that props don’t migrate from one spot to another and mess up a scene’s continuity. So, ...
BELLAIRE — A Bellaire man was convicted Thursday on three felony counts of cruelty to companion animals after being accused of starving three dogs to death and faces up to three years under Goddard’s Law — Ohio’s animal protection statute which elevates certain severe animal abuse offenses to felony-level crimes and increases penalties for offenders. Timothy Newman, 59, was found guilty of three fifth-degree felony charges following a bench trial before Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John Vavra. Newman waived his right to a jury trial and chose to be tried by the judge. Each ...
Public misgivings about the proliferation of Ohio taxpayer-sponsored data centers are shared by economists, a new survey found. The report released by Scioto Analysis, an independent policy analytical group, found that 10 out of 14 economists polled in its Ohio Economic Experts Panel agreed that “tax incentives for data centers are not an efficient use of public funds to stimulate job growth in Ohio.” A majority of the experts also “disagreed that the economic benefits of new data centers in Ohio exceed the environmental and energy market externality costs associated with their ...
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a passenger in a pickup truck was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle on Ohio 78. The crash occurred at approximately 9:57 p.m. Thursday in Adams Township, Monroe County. Investigators said a 2021 Kenworth ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The 75th annual National Day of Prayer took place outside the Belmont County Courthouse on Thursday morning. The event took place after a week of volunteers marathon-reading the Bible from start to finish outside the courthouse. The National Day of Prayer is a yearly ...
