MORRISTOWN — After 32 years of service, Ohio Department of Transportation’s Belmont County transportation administrator Dave Shafer is calling it a day. Shafer said that he decided to retire fairly recently. “I decided actually in late fall that I was going to leave at the end of ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As online shopping becomes the method of choice for millions of Americans, the Ohio Valley Mall has no plans in slowing down. Throughout the 2025 calendar year, eight new entities have decided to call the mall its home. Piercings N More, JD Sports, Golden Ticket ...

TRIADELPHIA — On one Saturday night in June, lives changed forever. More than three inches of rain fell in just 62 minutes in Valley Grove the night of June 14. That storm overloaded Wheeling Creek and sent floodwaters barreling through Valley Grove, into Triadelphia and into Wheeling’s ...

BELLAIRE — When World War II veteran Wayne Hill joined the Navy as a teenager, he missed three Christmases at home during his two and half years of service. On Friday, friends of Hill and owners of the Community Coffee & Tea shop in Bellaire Alyson and Chad Farmer decided to help make ...

MARTINS FERRY — Convicted murder Nathan Brooks who is serving life in prison for the brutal killing of his parents as a 17-year-old Bellaire High School student had his first parole hearing in three decades this year. Brooks, now 47, is serving life in prison at the London Correctional ...

BLAINE — Closed since mid-2024, efforts to replace the Blaine Hill Bridge on National Road in Belmont County kicked into high gear this past year. Sooner than later, motorists driving through the county will be able to cross that bridge to travel along U.S. 40 once again. Structural issues ...