BRIDGEPORT — Demolition of the old Thomas Jones Law Office building on Main Street in the village is underway. The demolition company Raze International began razing the building on Monday morning. Crew members were hauling away debris and cleaning up the scene towards the end of the ...
BARNESVILLE — Village Council on Monday learned the pool at Memorial Park is still leaking and that the contractor has agreed to pay for the water being used to diagnose the problem and extend the warranty once the problem is fixed. Village Administrator Roger Deal made the announcement ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Two Toledo men and a local woman are jailed after an investigation of illegal drug trafficking culminated in a busy retail parking lot. Sheriff David Lucas said the arrests were made Saturday evening, following a “basic buy-bust” in the parking lot of the Walmart ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Plans are underway in Appalachia to create two underground facilities to store ethane, a byproduct of natural gas drilling seen as integral to revitalizing a region still struggling from the loss of industrial and manufacturing jobs decades ago. Experts say the availability ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The man accused of a series of bank robberies in Ohio and Maryland entered pleas of guilty to the Ohio crimes Monday. Charles Gibson, 57, of Pennsylvania, will be sentenced May 13 for robbing the Bridgeport Unified Bank on Nov. 24, then the Huntington Bank in St. ...
DILLONVALE — Dillonvale officials are disappointed that the community’s application for a $200,000 grant for a new roof for its event center was not approved last month. The event center is connected to the village municipal building on School Street. The village was denied the grant ...
Brian Baker, left, Belmont County’s wildlife officer through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and sheriff’s Deputy Chad Kulpa attempt to rescue a bald eagle that collided with a vehicle on Sunday. Sheriff David Lucas said the incident occurred along Ohio 147 near Jacobsburg. Baker ...
WHEELING — A month from now, on what participants hope will be a calm, cool and slightly overcast Sunday afternoon, upward of a thousand brave and hardy souls will be preparing to tackle the inaugural Tough as Nails Urban Challenge. They will launch 200 at a time, every 15 minutes from the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Demolition is underway on Provident road’s old Lent’s Club 9 bar off of Route 9. The bar, which had previously been opened since the 1950s, was owned and operated by Charlie and Carol Lent. Since its closing in 1999, the building has slowly deteriorated. Lent’s ...
BELMONT — Students at the Union Local School District got some needed dental care Friday when Mobile Dentists, a nationwide service that provides dentistry to schools, visited Union Local Elementary. “They bring their own dentist, their own hygienist. All we have to do is supply a room ...
MARTINS FERRY — If you ever notice a skeleton tangled up in Christmas lights outside a Zane Highway home, fishing from its front porch or some other head-turning scene, don’t worry, it’s just “Skinny” having a good time. The life-sized plastic skeleton belongs to Martins Ferry ...
ADENA — A tremendous appreciation of vintage cars attracted dozens of members of the GTO Association of Central Ohio to Adena and Martins Ferry on Saturday. Under a sunny, blue sky, nearly two dozen classic cars — most with the Pontiac GTO logo on the front grill — pulled into the long ...
BELLAIRE — A plan to keep St. John Grade School open is close to being submitted to Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville. St. John Central Grade School Strategic Planning Committee members previously said their deadline to submit the plan was mid-April. ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Overcrowding has been an issue at the Belmont County Jail, but a new element is making the matter more complicated — an influx of female inmates. Sheriff David Lucas spoke to the Bethesda-Belmont-Morristown Rotary Club about the problem last week on the same day that ...
CADIZ — The new, $53 million school building in the Harrison Hills City School District is set to open its doors in August. According to Superintendent Dana Snider, crews are approximately 90 percent finished with construction. The grand opening of the facility already is planned for ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — She tried gums, patches and various electronic cigarettes to quit smoking. What finally worked for Chantel Williams was a small, reusable e-cigarette called Juul that packs a big nicotine punch. “I look better. I feel better and I don’t smell. It’s fantastic,” said ...
BARNESVILLE — Now that warmer weather is here many families are looking for places to go and things to see — and the Ohio Valley has no shortage of museums to help entertain and inform people. The Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum is gearing up for another season full of activities ...
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SHADYSIDE — Carlini’s Pizza Shop is celebrating 25 years in business this month. The actual anniversary occurred on April 13, but the shop will hold its 25-year-anniversary celebration this Monday and Tuesday. It will include discounts on pizza, T-shirts and giveaways. Owners Randy and ...
BELMONT — Belmont County Schools Staying Clean program will host over 1,500 youths from schools throughout Belmont County at end-of-year picnics at Barkcamp State Park. Middle school program participants will attend on May 6, while high school students will attend a picnic on May 8. ...