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Main Street Bank To Merge Into First Community Bank

Main Street Bank will soon have a new look and a new name, as First Community Bank and Main Street Bank recently announced Main Street’s merger into the First Community. Under the new agreement, the Wooster, Ohio-based Main Street Bank will merge into the Bluefield, Virginia-based First ...

Kirkwood Heights Resident Wants Property Detached From Bridgeport

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Bridgeport resident said he and a few other property owners want to be part of Pease Township instead of the village. During a Belmont County Commission meeting Wednesday, Kirkwood Heights Road resident Randy Becker said he and four other residents are petitioning the ...

Midterm election turnout high, but not the highest locally

WHEELING – All four local counties in East Ohio had voter turnout exceeding 50% in this week’s election – but they were all still below Ohio’s statewide turnout rate of 58.1%. In West Virginia, the overall turnout was 38.33%. Ohio, Hancock and Marshall counties exceeded that number, ...