WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but the incomplete document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful ...

BELLAIRE — Social media celebrity Flyy Soulja of the Island Boys recently made his way to the village of Bellaire to star in an independent movie called “The Bellaire House: The Heatherington Family.” Ohio Valley native Joshua Heatherington, professionally known as Josh from YNC is the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan and Andrew Isaac Griffin’s attorney Kate Clark agreed that they believe Griffin’s trial — set to begin on March 2 in Belmont County Common Pleas Court — will take approximately 14 days. Griffin is accused of the double ...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law five property tax bills that will save homeowners more than $3 billion over the next three years, change how millage is counted for school districts and permit county budget commissions to control levy amounts. DeWine, a Republican, signed off Friday on the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Attorney Mike McCormick announced his candidacy for election as a judge of the general division of the Belmont County Common Pleas Court. The judicial seat of Judge John Vavra will become vacant on December 31, 2026. McCormick has practiced law in Belmont County for 36 ...