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Belmont County NAACP will host Freedom Fund Dinner on Saturday

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County NAACP is gearing up to host its annual Freedom Fund Dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Market at Ebbert Farms. Belmont County NAACP President Jerry Moore II said the event is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year. He said that this singular ...

New driver safety app for practicing Ohio drivers announced

COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson announced Monday the launch of a free, state-supported mobile app that provides real-time driving feedback for practicing drivers. “Inexperience is the number one factor in teen driver crashes and ...

Congressional leaders leave meeting without deal to avoid shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of compromising from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in funding. If ...

Redistricting committee gets last chance at maps Tuesday

(The Center Square) — The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting plans its final meeting on the day the state’s constitution sets the deadline for lawmakers to approve bipartisan new maps. The Republican majority committee has until Tuesday to send the maps to ...

Belmont College nursing program receives national accreditation

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Officials at Belmont College announced Monday that the associate degree nursing program at the school achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. ACEN is “the leading authority for nursing education accreditation,” according to ...

St. John Academy aims to sell all remaining items inside of school

BELLAIRE — St. John Central Academy is attempting to sell the plethora of items the school no longer has a use for due to its closure this past June. The school’s finance manager, Vince Gianangeli, said that the school had a $100,000 line of credit that he is attempting to pay back by ...