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Bellaire breaks ground on recreation and entertainment complex

BELLAIRE – Ground was broken Monday morning for Bellaire’s recreation and entertainment complex. The project is made possible through a $1,468,912 through the federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program grant and $200,000 from the State Capital Budget Fund procured by ...

Ohio men arrested on drug trafficking charges

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Two men were arrested recently on drug trafficking charges including trafficking of methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the Belmont County Sheriff's Office. On April 29, detectives with the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit, assigned to ...

Large amounts of various drugs seized in Belmont County

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Four Youngstown men were arrested recently on multiple drug charges, the Belmont County Sheriff's Office announced. Detectives with the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit, assigned to the Attorney General’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations ...

Meyer announces run for Belmont County auditor

MARTINS FERRY — Former Belmont County Commissioner Josh Meyer is among the candidates for Belmont County auditor in the May 5 election. He will vie for the position with two other candidates -- incumbent Cindi L. Henry of St. Clairsville and former Shadyside village council member Nick ...

Imperial Glass Collectors Society celebrates 50 years of existence

BELLAIRE – The Imperial Glass Collectors Society concluded its 50th annual Imperial Glass Convention on Sunday at the Imperial Glass Museum. The convention kicked off on Thursday and went through Sunday with attendees from across the country flocking to Belmont County to socialize and view ...

Ferguson, Hoagland vie for Ohio's 96th District seat

STEUBENVILLE—The race for Ohio’s 96th District seat in the House of Representatives has been heated, with both candidates slinging barbs at their opponent’s voting record and positions. Squaring off for the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s general election are the incumbent, Ron Ferguson, and Frank Hoagland, a former state senator. Ferguson, 40, is a Wintersville resident. He graduated from Ohio State University in 2008 with a degree in communications, is a small business owner and is in his sixth year in Ohio’s House of Representatives. “It’s very clear I’ve made a ...