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Ash Wednesday Service

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Father Thomas Chillog, pastor at St. Mary’s Church in St. Clairsville, provides ashes to church attendees during its Ash Wednesday service. (T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA)

Groups skeptical of proposed child care fraud legislation

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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

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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

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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. ...