Belmont County Sheriff warns residents to keep vehicles locked
MORRISTOWN – Multiple reports of theft and trespassing have been confirmed in the Morristown and Flushing area. Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack said that this week has seen several reports of a string of resident’s vehicles being entered into and items being stolen. Zusack is ...
62nd-annual Barnesville Pumpkin Festival gets underway
BARNESVILLE — The 62nd-annual Barnesville Pumpkin Festival is officially underway. Thursday evening saw Becky Carpenter Hunkler, who was the first Pumpkin Queen, cut the ribbon to mark the official start of the event. Carpenter Hunkler was the 1968 Pumpkin Queen and she said that it was an ...
CARES Program provides 6-month report to Belmont Co. Commission
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County CARES Program director Chad Zambori provided the Belmont County Board of Commissioners with the program’s six-month report during Wednesday’s regularly scheduled meeting. “The CARES program is a community paramedicine program. The goal of the program ...
Toys"R"Us returns to Ohio Valley
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Toys"R"Us is coming back to the Ohio Valley just in time for the holiday season. The store will be in the Ohio Valley Mall and will be operated by Go! Retail Group and will go into the former Justice Children’s Clothing store. The store is tentatively scheduled to open ...
Review finds millionaires on Ohio's Medicaid rolls
Three percent of Ohioans on Medicaid were not eligible because they have more resources than allowed, including several millionaires, according to Ohio Auditor Keith Faber. More than 3,000 dead people were also continuing to have benefits paid, Faber said Tuesday after a recent review of the state’s Medicaid program. The findings are part of an interim report that covers Medicaid programs for the Aged, Blind and Disabled population. The current state budget required the state auditor to review enrollment in those programs to determine whether Ohioans receiving assistance were ...