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Inaugural Harvest in the Village slated for Saturday in Shadyside

SHADYSIDE – Inaugural Harvest in the Village is gearing up to be far from spooky. The first ever event is slated to take place at the historic Shadyside Loop on Saturday. It’s organized by two villiage residents Natalie O’Donnell and Macy Coffland who are trying to make a positive ...

15th annual Harmony Haunt prepares to scare on Saturday

WHEELING – Harmony House, Children’s Advocacy Center, is preparing for its 15th annual Harmony Haunt, on Saturday, at the historic Scottish Rite Cathedral. The annual Halloween celebration is for guests 21 years or older. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the runs until 10 p.m. Guests can ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Thursday At 10:25 p.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a be-on-the-lookout notice for a vehicle that was allegedly involved in a road rage incident that resulted in shots being fired in Rayland. The OSHP later advised to cancel, noting that the offending vehicle was stopped in Steubenville. The patrol subsequently requested that the sheriff's office meet at an address on Joella Drive in St. Clairsville to see if an occupant of the residents was in Rayland as the complainant may have given false information. A sergeant responded. St. Clairsville Police were also listed as a ...

Belmont County Experts Educate on Lyme Disease as Cases Rise

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County's case count for Lyme disease continues to grow, even with the county having the most in the state at 189 cases. To help curve the rise, Ohio State University postdoctoral researcher Troy Koser and the Belmont County Health Department teamed up on Thursday ...

Court again strikes down Ohio’s universal school vouchers

Ohio’s universal school choice plan took another hit in the courts Thursday. The 10th District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the state's EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion voucher programs are unconstitutional. Again, the court stayed the opinion, allowing the programs to ...

Remembering re-established Belmont County NAACP founding member Jerry Moore

BRIDGEPORT – Founding member of the re-established Belmont County NAACP Jerry Moore has died after his battle with cancer. Born on Nov. 2, 1951, to John W. Moore, Sr. and Joan Wilson Moore, Moore was the second of four children. Moore was a lifelong Bridgeport resident where he graduated ...