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Heating assistance available

Community

The Ohio Department of Development and the Area Agency on Aging, Region 9, want to remind older Ohioans that assistance is available to help with their home energy bills. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps Ohioans at or below 175% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a household ...

No injuries in three-structure fire

Community

MOUNDSVILLE — Three trailer homes were destroyed by fire late Wednesday in the Georges Court neighborhood in Moundsville. None were injured in the blaze that began about 11:15 p.m. The Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department along with firefighters from Roberts Ridge, Fork Ridge, Limestone, ...

EORH saga continues as doors close

Local News

MARTINS FERRY — The roller-coaster existence — and non-existence — of East Ohio Regional Hospital continued through its peaks and valleys this past year. Open at the start of the year, closed by spring, in the hands of a new owner in the summer with plans to open by the fall, yet the ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners

Community

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 4:25 p.m. Sunday, a caller from East First Street in Bannock advised that she found a white substance all over her vehicle and believed it may be an attempt at vandalism. It looked like it may possibly be paint balls, according to the complainant. A ...

Strussion double homicide case sees significant developments

Local News

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After a multiple-year and cross-country investigation, Andrew Isaac Griffin was arrested in Hawaii by Belmont County Sheriff’s Department detectives in February. He was arrested for two counts of aggravated murder for the double homicide of Thomas and Angela Strussion. ...

Free Christmas Day dinner held at St. Luke’s Church

Local News

WHEELING — Dozens of people hungry for a tasty Christmas dinner got just that for free at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Wheeling Island on Thursday. The church has been hosting the annual Christmas day dinner for more than 25 years. Organizers and volunteers Rick Daugherty and Don Rebich ...