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Belmont County Fair Results

AWARD WINNER BUYER PRICE WEIGHT Grand Champion Market Steer Jenner Liberati Johnson Boiler Works $10.50 1350 lbs Grand Champion Market Hog Bradli Messenger Dwight Shugert/Shugert Farms $26.00 286 lbs. Grand Champion Market Lamb Keenan White Gulfport Energy $14.50 141 lbs. Grand Champion Market Goat Ella Gipson 4R Backyard Show Goats; Luyster Livestock $31.00 85 lbs. Grand Champion Pen of Three Market Rabbits Kyleigh Hosley Smitty's Septic Service $6,500.00 Grand Champion Market Turkey Maggie Schnegg Daryl & Sue ...

Belmont County Fair Results

Shadyside honors 6 residents who helped village receive over $1 million

SHADYSIDE – Shadyside Village Council honored six residents who recently helped the village receive substantial gas and oil royalties. In 2023 Mark Bonar, Jason Baum, Rich Melanko, Bud Melanko, Jerry Narcisi, and Joe Munjas measured every inch of property inside the village limits. Mayor ...

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not 'fake news'

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not "fake news" and should be taken seriously, insisting that safety issues raised by AI experts should be discussed and acted on. Leo, who dedicated his first encyclical to ...

Ohio Valley Mall welcomes Dig Zone to lineup

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The newest tenant of the Ohio Valley Mall, Dig Zone, aims to provide area families affordable fun. The new play facility is located at the former Pixel Hearts Games location in the mall and has a 900-square-foot sandbox filled with 25 tons of sand that allows children to ...

Belmont Co. Board of Developmental Disabilities funding safe after hundreds attend meeting

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – More than 300 community members attended the Belmont County Budget Commission public hearing on Monday morning, as the commission considered reducing funding for the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities. The funds in question are from a 1.00-mill continuing ...