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, 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 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, ...

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; ...

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 ...

Jason Steven Blizzard, 36, of Piedmont, OH passed away at home on October 8, 2025. He was born on August 10, 1989 in Wheeling, WV to the late John Blizzard, Sr. and Shirley (Kocsis) Starr. Jason worked as an Equipment Operator for Egypt Valley Stone. He was a member of the VFW 5356. ...