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Groups skeptical of proposed child care fraud legislation

Local News

Policy experts are sounding off about proposed legislation heard by the Ohio House Children and Human Services committee recetly to address potential fraud in the child care sector. The Republican-introduced would establish rules for surveillance of child care facilities and expand state ...

Lawmaker wants to stop funding schools that sue over vouchers

Local News

An Ohio state representative wants to cut off state funding for public school districts that are challenging the constitutionality of the state’s $1 billion private school voucher program. But even supporters of the voucher program concede that the legislation, if passed, would face serious ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners

Community

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:18 p.m. Thursday, a caller from an address on Fuller Road in St. Clairsville reported that a firearm was stolen from her house, and she believed her estranged wife took it. At 11:27 p.m., she reported that her firearm was located. At 8:24 p.m. ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Community

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, units responded to an address on Lombardy Heights in Bridgeport on a request to assist Bridgeport Police on a domestic call at that location. At 8:57 p.m. Sunday, a caller requested a welfare check on a 16-year-old female at an address in ...

Three arrested on drug charges in Martins Ferry

Local News

MARTINS FERRY – Three men were arrested on drug related charges in Martins Ferry this past Sunday. City residents Mark Kinkus, Michael Kurtley, and Reed Morrow were arrested at a home on Clinton Street around 5 a.m. after several community tips, according to Martins Ferry Police Chief ...