A MAN died of an apparent drug overdose following a standoff with Monroe County sheriff’s deputies. On Thursday, Sheriff Charles Black posted a description of the events that occurred Sunday on his department’s Facebook page. The incident occurred in Adams Township, which is located in ...

WOODSFIELD — A man was jailed and a woman hospitalized Tuesday in the wake of a stabbing incident. A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a man sitting in the middle of Plainview Road with a weed trimmer and a gas can, according to information shared in the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A jury trial this week led to the conviction of a Woodsfield man on two drug charges. “Joshua Haslam was found guilty on counts 2 and 3. Not guilty of count 1. However, counts 1 and 2 were essentially the same,” Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan wrote in a text ...

BELLAIRE — Bellaire Councilman Bill Schmitt told city leaders Thursday that a group is interested in opening a marijuana dispensary in the village. He informed the council that he was approached by Paragon Development Group about the possibility of opening such a business in Bellaire. ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state's near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state's highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute. Although no ...

MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry City Council intends to send a letter to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources asking the department to force Austin Master Services to cease its frack waste recycling operations and to clean up all hazardous materials housed at its facility on First ...