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Belmont County Declares October Domestic Violence Awareness Month

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Board of Commissioners declared October Domestic Violence Awareness Month Wednesday. Commissioner Jerry Echemann read a proclamation declaring the month to honor domestic violence survivors. Echemann said Domestic Violence Awareness Month is observed ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Tuesday At 10:48 p.m., an officer made a traffic stop on Interstate 70 westbound near mile marker 216 for an Ohio motorist traveling outside marked lanes. The driver was warned. At 9:54 p.m., an officer responded to a location in Barnesville after emergency medical service personnel reported a man was being combative with staff members. The man was going with an EMS squad to WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital. At 9:29 p.m., a caller from the Days Inn West on Holiday Drive in St. Clairsville reported the back door was forced open and a safe was broken into. Units responded. Photos ...

Study: Lack of data center regulation could cost Ohioans billions

Failing to regulate data centers could cost Ohioans billions of dollars in higher electricity cost and air pollution, according to a new analysis. The study by Columbus-based analytic firm Scioto Analysis estimates Ohioans would end up spending $16 billion more in electric bills and would ...

Barack Obama to campaign with Ohio Democrats

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is heading to Ohio to shore up support for Democratic candidates in the Senate and governor's races, both of which have been highly competitive and brought a flood of campaign cash into the state. Obama is set to campaign in Cleveland on ...