CHARLESTON – House Finance Committee leaders said they are still receiving input before unveiling an updated version of its originating bill reforming the Hope Scholarship, while Hope funding received a focus as the state Senate passed its budget Friday. The House Finance Committee met ...

An Ohio judge ruled that two former members of the State Teachers’ Retirement System board participated in “a high-stakes scheme that jeopardized the financial security of half a million teachers and retirees.” Judge Karen Held Phelps barred the former board members, Wade Steen and Rudy ...

BRIDGEPORT – The Bridgeport Exempted Village School District Board of Education thanks the Lansing Sportsmen’s Club for a generous investment in the future of the youth and the community. The club has pledged an eye-opening sum of $99,999 for the walking track to be located on the second ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to authorize Belmont County Department of Job and Family Services director Jeff Felton to establish and maintain bank accounts for children in the custody of the agency. Felton said that, nationwide, there has been a ...

WHEELING – Members of the executive committee of the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival gathered Wednesday to announce the 2026 Italian American of the Year – Bob Contraguerro Jr. Italian heritage leans strongly on “la famiglia,” and so is the case with the ...

MARTINS FERRY — City officials say Martins Ferry is working to clean up the community in more ways than one, with crime enforcement and sanitation concerns taking center stage at Wednesday’s council meeting. Police Chief Vince West discussed a recent drug raid at 512 Clinton St. that ...