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Welcome Home Ohio homes finding buyers before they’re finished

STEUBENVILLE — With a sale pending on one house and offers in hand on two others still under construction, jubilant Jefferson County Land Bank officials gathered Wednesday in Steubenville’s south end to break ground for their next “Welcome Home Ohio” house. The Welcome Home Ohio ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Reports THURSDAY — 11:20 p.m., a caller from Fairpoint-Maynard Road in St. Clairsville reported that she believed someone was trying to break in. She was in a bedroom closet. Officers arrived and reported that all was well. They noted that it was possibly an animal at the back door. — 10:44 p.m., a caller from an address on Lafferty Road in Flushing reported that threats were being made against her online. A sergeant advised that it was a civil matter and suggested that the caller block the other parties. No threats actually were made, according ...

WVU Medicine breaks ground on future Community Hospital

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – WVU Medicine broke ground on its future Community Hospital in St. Clairsville on Wednesday morning. The $56 million investment in local health care will be an inpatient hospital with a 24/7 emergency room, large outpatient practice, primary care, lab and subspecialty ...

Steubenville rally targets Husted over senior benefits

STEUBENVILLE — Voting to keep Republican Jon Husted in the U.S. Senate would be bad for many Ohioans in general and senior citizens in particular, Ohio Valley Democrats said during a rally held Wednesday in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Organized by the state Democratic Party, ...