BLAINE — The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced both lanes of the historic Blaine Hill Bridge will reopen to traffic July 1. On Wednesday, Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 Public Information Officer Lauren Borell announced on social media that the bridge officially ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — JB Green Team donated a bench made completely from recycled materials to the Belmont County Courthouse on Wednesday morning. JB Green Team Belmont County Coordinator Mark McVey said the bench was donated to recognize the Belmont County Board of Commissioners for its ...
MARTINS FERRY — The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released a statement informing the public that Grim Reaper Motorcycle Club member Ron “Click” Shaw died Wednesday after being severely injured in a motorcycle accident on Ohio 7 Saturday evening. Shaw was on a club ride with his wife, ...
A successful business community is much like a baseball team, Roberto Clemente Jr. told the hundreds at Wheeling Park's White Palace on Wednesday afternoon. A baseball team has its superstars -- its home-run hitters and fireball ace pitchers -- but there are so many people who's talents and ...
STEUBENVILLE — A contractor who is nearly done with a water line project on State Route 213 is expecting payment when the work is completed, but Jefferson County officials say they cannot issue a check. Auditor E.J. Conn said last week during a county commission work session he has asked the Ohio Auditor of State’s office for guidance on how to proceed once the invoice — currently expected to total just under $240,000 — is turned in because he “has no legal authority to pay the contractor because there were certain steps that were skipped.” County officials say the ...
MARTINS FERRY — Discussion over whether the city should raise service rates to help pull several departments out of the red shifted back to a larger, more expensive question: what to do with the city’s aging municipal building and how to pay for it. Officials said the answer ultimately ...
