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Special council meeting is Friday MARTINS FERRY – There will be a special meeting of Martins Ferry City Council at 10 a.m. Friday for consideration of legislation further amending the city’s Source Water Protection Ordinance. Smithfield market set Saturday SMITHFIELD – A farmers ...

Good Zoo helps hellbenders home to local streams

WHEELING — More than 100 Eastern hellbenders have been returned to where they started over the last three weeks, being reintroduced to two streams in northern West Virginia where they originated as eggs. The project was part of a collaborative effort with Williams, the West Virginia ...

Marshall County man sentenced to three years on multiple charges

A Glen Easton man was sentenced Monday to at least three years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges from a February police chase that resulted in a Marshall County deputy’s injury. Koleton Caruso, 24, pleaded guilty before Second Judicial Circuit Judge Jeffrey Cramer to two ...

The Ohio Valley to have Independence Day celebrations

MARTINS FERRY — Firework displays will be happening across the Ohio Valley for this year’s Independence Day celebrations. For those who want to celebrate the holiday outside of their homes, different celebrations are happening from Belmont County to Harrison County that residents can ...

BETTY WEEKS

Betty Lou Weeks, 94, of Shadyside, Ohio passed away on Friday, June 28, 2024, at Liza’s Place, Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born March 26, 1930, in Crofton, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Will Francis Teasley and Margaret Ora Boyd-Hamby. Betty was a co-owner of the former Ponderosa ...