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Ohio County Long-Term Recovery Board now seeking manpower

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WHEELING — The Ohio County Long-Term Recovery Board has received much financial support from the community to assist this summer’s flood victims — as well as donated items from businesses such as appliances, cabinets and drywall. Now the board needs people with the skills to install and ...

Ohio gets F for higher education free speech

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(The Center Square) — Despite a controversial new law targeting speech on college campuses, Ohio colleges and universities remain among the worst in the nation for their speech climate. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave a collective F to 13 schools, the same grade as ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

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BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 3:42 p.m. Wednesday, a deputy responded to Riesbeck’s on National Road in Bridgeport for a report of a female panhandling people for money. She was seen heading toward Brookside on National Road. The officer reportedly contacted the subject near ...

Bomb threat evacuates St. C. school

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A bomb threat written on the wall of a girls’ bathroom at St. Clairsville High/Middle School led to a mass evacuation Tuesday. Superintendent Walter Skaggs said he was made aware of the threat and investigated it. Once his staff discovered that it was in fact a bomb ...

Cleveland Man Arrested In Belmont County On Drug Charges

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A Cleveland man was recently arrested in Belmont County on felony drug charges, according to Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack. Monta Harris, 28, is currently in Belmont County Jail on charges of cocaine trafficking and cocaine possession, according to a BCSO news release. According to ...