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One Arrest Made After Bomb Threats Target St. Clairsville Businesses

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – One person is in custody after multiple bomb threats were called into St. Clairsville area businesses. Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack said that the bomb threats began at Walmart in St. Clairsville's Ohio Valley Plaza was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon. Richland ...

No Trial Date Yet For Sandton Browder In Bellaire Murder Case

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Another pre-trial hearing has been scheduled in the Sandton Browder murder case. Browder, 23, of Virginia is charged with one count of murder with a gun specification and one count of having a weapon while under disability after allegedly shooting to death Jordan Dean, ...

Ohio Valley Mall Celebrates Arrival Of Golden Ticket Cinemas

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Members of the St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the return of movie theaters at the Ohio Valley Mall with a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday at Golden Ticket Cinemas. President and CEO John Bloemeke said that the ceremony was a great way to celebrate the ...

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Fluharty To Appear On PBS Show Del. Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, will appear at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the PBS program “Breaking the Deadlock.” The program is designed to encourage civil dialogue at a time when conversation is polarized. The series brings together a varied panel of prominent voices from the legal, political and cultural arenas to explore ethical dilemmas drawn from real life. Tuesday’s episode deals with online sports gambling. Fluharty, head of governmental affairs at Play n’GO, joins a panel that includes sitting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., former NFL ...

It’s A World Tour At Weirton’s Festival Of Nations

WEIRTON – Area residents had an opportunity to travel the world Saturday, sampling the music, food, and cultures from a dozen nationalities. The Festival of Nations drew crowds to the Millsop Community Center for a day-long celebration of the melting pot of the Ohio Valley “I welcome ...

Grant Helping Follansbee Pursue Demolitions Of Dilapidated Homes

FOLLANSBEE — A grant from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is helping the city to pursue the demolition of multiple structures that have been deemed dilapidated. That includes four buildings on the city's building enforcement committee for which the city's building enforcement committee will open bids, at a special meeting to be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the City Building. They are houses at 1014 Clifton St., 1216 Curtis St. and 218 Main St. and Follansbee American Legion Post 45's headquarters at 998 Main St. The post home has been closed since last ...