FLUSHING — Village officials discussed a number of properties that have garbage piling up and agreed they should put an ordinance in place requiring that water and sewer bills be in the name of property owners rather than tenants. Council members recently discussed what recourse they had to ...

WHEELING — Those who finish the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic can feel both the agony and the ecstasy of the sport of running – pretty much at the same time. There’s the ecstasy of knowing they’ve completed one of the nation’s most challenging half-marathon courses, as long ...

COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio House both proposed budgets for 2026-2027 that could leave schools in Belmont County facing funding issues. Dewine’s proposed budget would spend $23.4 billion on education over the biennium to support students through school choice programs, or ...

BROOKSIDE — Village residents visiting council meetings soon will likely be required to follow a set of guidelines for public participation. During Brookside’s council meeting Tuesday evening, members discussed that they expect to start handing out a pamphlet to each visitor that contains ...

MARTINS FERRY — Chief Jerry E. Murphy announced Friday that the Martins Ferry Police Department received recognition for excellence in policy management and training for a second consecutive year. The recognition for the department’s work in 2024 comes from Lexipol, which Murphy called ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A vehicle struck a gas meter near the Ohio Valley Mall’s main entrance Friday afternoon, prompting the Cumberland Trail Fire District to temporarily evacuate the shopping center. “A vehicle hit a gas meter, so we are following the direction of the fire department,” ...