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Marshall County Commission Aims To Create New TIF District

MOUNDSVILLE – The Marshall County Commission aims to create a new tax increment financing district to potentially help fund new development or infrastructure projects in the future. Administrator Betsy Frohnapfel said the commission’s plan is to create a new TIF district that will ...

Brown Makes Steubenville Stop On Road Back To Senate

STEUBENVILLE — Sherrod Brown says campaign stops in Eastern Ohio communities are a big part of any statewide campaign. “They are important because people in this part of the state don't have a voice,” Brown, who is looking to return to the U.S. Senate, said Monday while speaking with ...

Five Face Drug Charges Following Bellaire Raid

BELLAIRE — Five people were arrested Thursday following a drug raid at a Bellaire apartment where detectives seized suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. The search warrant was executed at an apartment on Hamilton Street in ...

Follansbee Issues Reminder Of Upcoming Garbage Changes

FOLLANSBEE – New garbage collection regulations are set to go into effect in Follansbee at the end of the month, and city officials are reminding residents and businesses to make sure they are prepared. City Manager Chris Manack-Stover said letters have been sent to the community explaining the pending changes, which include an increase in rates approved by Follansbee Council earlier this year. “People have been notified,” she said during the Aug. 3 Council-as-a-whole meeting. Copies of the information also will be available at the Follansbee City Building and the city’s ...

Crash Damages Signal, Closes U.S. 22 Ramp In Steubenville

STEUBENVILLE — City Engineer Mike Dolak said the University Boulevard/U.S. 22 East ramp from State Route 7 north is temporarily closed while he determines how long it will take to repair damage caused by a two-car collision Saturday at the marina entrance. Police allege a northbound driver, identified as Samuel Byrom, of New Comerstown, Ohio, “ran the red light” and crashed into the passenger side of a southbound vehicle, severely damaging both vehicles and destroying the signal box that controls the traffic light, as well as the railroad crossing bars. Until it is working again, ...

SLIDESHOW: Clouds Clear and Music Soars at BluesFest

WHEELING – Thousands of music lovers flocked to Heritage Port this weekend as the 25th Heritage Music BluesFest delivered a weekend packed with live music and more. Fans from the Ohio Valley joined visitors from more than two dozen states across the nation in the Friendly City for the ...