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Belmont County Commissioners plan to have two levies on November ballot

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Board of Commissioners began the steps Wednesday of putting two levies on the November ballot. Commissioners adopted resolutions declaring the necessity of levying a tax in excess of the ten mill limitation and requesting Belmont County Auditor Cindi ...

Tornadoes, flooding devastate communities across West Virginia

PLEASANTS COUNTY/UPSHUR COUNTY — Severe storms that swept across West Virginia Tuesday left behind a path of destruction, flooding and power outages from Pleasants County to Upshur County, damaging homes, businesses and infrastructure while prompting emergency declarations and bringing ...

Martins Ferry working to bring council meeting livestreams back online

MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry City Council's livestreams are expected to return soon after a computer failure interrupted the city's ability to broadcast meetings online. During Wednesday's council meeting, Second Ward Council Member Spencer Echemann, who serves as the city's public ...

Contraguerro honored as 2026 Italian American of the Year

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival prepares to kick off this weekend, board members, sponsors, friends and family gathered Wednesday evening at Undo's West to honor Bob Contraguerro Jr., the festival's 2026 Italian American of the Year. Contraguerro, ...

Amish man sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for rape

WOODSFIELD – An Amish man convicted of the rape of his two daughters was sentenced Tuesday to 31 years to life in prison. Albert Hochstetler was recently convicted of two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition after his two daughters came forward with the information that ...