MOUNDSVILLE – In preparation for the next school year, Marshall County Board of education members approved several personnel matters this week including reductions in force. The board’s agenda listed 17 different people whose employment was recommended for termination by reduction in ...
MARTINS FERRY -- Law enforcement and other first responders from across Belmont County took advantage of a still-empty East Ohio Regional Hospital building on Wednesday to conduct training, according to a dispatcher with the Martins Ferry Police Department. Seeing several police cruisers in ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Undo’s Restaurants co-owner Anthony “Herk” Sparachane will be honored at Ohio Cancer Research’s 30th annual Grand Illusions Saute on May 7. The annual event recognizes a pillar of the Ohio Valley each year by having peers, friends and family “saute” them in a ...
MARTINS FERRY – Former Belmont County coroner Troy Balgo was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for two counts of healthcare fraud in Columbus on Tuesday afternoon. According to court documents, in addition to his prison sentence, he must pay $1,335,418 restitution and a ...
WELLSBURG — Brooke County officials are hoping to get discussions on the possible distribution of county opioid settlement funds back on track after several months of delays. A series of requests for the county's share of opioid funds, derived from settlement agreements connected to various ...
STEUBENVILLE — Laken Ward is stepping into big shoes. She’s just the second woman to serve Steubenville as a firefighter. The first, Terri Kovach, retired 14 years ago as fire chief. If Ward is thinking that far ahead, she’s not saying, but given what she has accomplished so far, no one — including Ward herself — can rule it out. “It’s exciting for me to be the first female firefighter in Steubenville for a long time,” she said. “It’s just exciting to be with this team and serve the community.” Ward and her fellow “newbie,” Christopher Smith, were sworn in ...
