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Bill to ban high school NIL now in Ohio House

Community

A little more than a month after Ohio high schools voted to let athletes be paid for their name, image and likeness, two lawmakers want to stop it. Reps. Adam Bird, R-New Richmond, and Mike Odioso, R-Green Township, introduced legislation that bans high school and middle school ...

Theft persists at former hospital as ownership remains unresolved

Local News

MARTINS FERRY – Recent theft at former East Ohio Regional Hospital is leading Police Chief Vincent West to ask the public for assistance. While officers were recently patrolling the area, they discovered the hospital had multiple unlocked doors. “That place is huge, so they walked ...

A packed house for the Wall The Heals community kick-off meeting

Local News

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County residents came in droves to attend the first the Wall That Heals community kick-off meeting at American Legion Post 159 at noon on Thursday. The Wall That Heals – a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile education ...

More drops for technology stocks weigh on Wall Street

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for technology stocks weighed on Wall Street Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% for its fifth modest loss in the last six days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.5%. More than twice as many stocks rose ...

Wheeling philanthropist, businessman Howard Long dies

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WHEELING – Howard Long, the founder of Coronet Foods and a philanthropist who helped fund the construction of the Howard Long Wellness Center, died Jan. 26 at the age of 91. Long was born in Piedmont, Ohio, in 1934, the son of Robert and Dorothy Long. He attended the McKinley Vocational ...