WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be running Venezuela ...

A Saturday raid of Venezuela, ordered by President Donald Trump and which led to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, has drawn mixed reactions from Ohio government leaders. Maduro and wife Cilia Flores sat Sunday in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, ...

MARTINS FERRY — Belmont County Tourism Council is optimistically gearing up for a successful 2026. One of the most exciting accomplishments coming in 2026 will be the completion of the Underground Railroad Museum moving from Flushing to Morristown in the historic Black Horse Inn. The ...

The number of earthquakes in Southeast Ohio have greatly shot upward in the past year, according to a database kept by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Since Jan.1, 2025, at least 173 tremors have been recorded in Washington, Athens, Guernsey, Belmont, Hocking, Meigs, Jackson and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June. At ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE —2025 has been an unusual year for Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan. He said that in all of his years in law, 2025 was the first year he’s seen three major convictions be eligible for parole in one year. He added that the prosecutor’s office is tasked with many ...