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GARY GATES

Gary Austin Gates, 78, of Martins Ferry, Ohio passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Park Health Center in St. Clairsville. He was born May 1, 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of the late James Austin and Violet Virginia (Hall) Gates. Gary was a retired employee of the former Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, Yorkville Plant and a member of the First Christian Church in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Gary enjoyed using his metal detector searching for treasures, and was a Hamm Radio operator. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy on the USS Orion. In addition to his ...

MARGARET E. “PEGGY” RICE-JONES

Margaret Elizabeth “Peggy” Rice-Jones, 88, of Newark, Ohio formerly of Bridgeport passed away Sunday, October 5, 2025, at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on November 2, 1936, in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Robert F. and Margaret “Peg” (Stoker) Rice. In ...

DUANE GODDARD

Duane Goddard, 81, of Sardis, OH, passed away Monday, October 6, 2025, at his home. He was born November 27, 1943, in Sardis, OH, a son of the late Averon and Bertha Martie Goodard. He was a retired teacher of 30 years at River High School in the Switzerland of Ohio School District and a ...

“COACH” MYLES BERNARD WITCHEY

“Coach” Myles Bernard Witchey has run the clock out in the championship game and has taken his final checkered flag. He left this earth at 94 years of age on May 8th, 2025. Born December 19, 1930, in Shortcreek, OH to the late Walter and Hazel Mae (Reed) Witchey both of Belmont, ...

DIANNA CAROL GREEN

Bellaire native, Dianna Carol Green, passed away recently at her home in Falls Church, Virginia. She was born on January 10, 1947 in Wheeling, WV. Her parents were lifelong Bellaire Residents, William A. and Ruth Chisholm Green. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother; Allen C. Green. She is survived by a first cousin, Barbara L. Black and second cousins, Michelle Johston Collignon and Geoffery Johnston. Dianna graduated from Bellaire High School in 1964 and was a flute player in the Marching Band. She went on to graduate from Flora Stone Mather College for ...

Ohio Valley Newsliners:

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 10:14 p.m. Tuesday, an officer on a traffic stop on Interstate 70 west near mile marker 217 in St. Clairsville issued a warning to a West Virginia truck driver for no rear lights. The driver also locked himself out of the vehicle, and the officer was standing by until he got in, according to the report. At 10:19 p.m. Tuesday, a caller from Ebbert South Road in St. Clairsville reported that someone broke into two vehicles. Nothing was taken. At 7:01 p.m. Tuesday, a deputy responded to Belmont-Morristown Road for a report of a motor vehicle ...