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More Than a Meal: Salad Luncheon Supports Daily Bread Center

MARTINS FERRY — The Daily Bread Center will revive a longtime community tradition Thursday when it hosts its annual salad luncheon fundraiser at the St. Mary School gym. The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is donation-based, with attendees invited to make "love ...

Woman Who Stabbed McDonald’s Employee Sentenced To 4-6 years In Prison

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The woman accused of stabbing a Bellaire McDonald’s employee will spend the next four to six years in prison. Aryan Summer Alvarez, 30, was sentenced to that term after pleading guilty Monday to one charge of felonious assault in Belmont County Common Pleas Court. Alvarez was arrested in April on charges of stabbing a McDonald’s employee multiple times, leaving him with a puncture wound on the left side of his body. Alvarez appeared via Zoom call from the Belmont County Jail while Belmont County Assistant Prosecutor Joshua Norman and her lawyer, Belmont County ...

West Virginia First Foundation Hosting Virtual Public Listening Session

The Region 1 Expert Panel of the West Virginia First Foundation is holding a virtual public listening session at 4 p.m. Tuesday. This event will offer members of the community the opportunity to meet with their regional panel, ask questions, share ideas, and learn more about the panel's role in the upcoming round of WVFF grant funding initiatives. The event is designed to encourage open dialogue and idea sharing between the panel and the communities across Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel counties. Attendees will be able to engage directly with panel members, gain insights ...