Belmont News

Pupils at St. Francis Central School recently showed their moxy by placing first in a statewide recycling contest sponsored by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Monty Kerr, CEO/superintendent of the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities, was honored for "visionary leadership in administration" at the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities 26th annual convention in Columbus, Dec.

Laid-off workers from Severstal Wheeling plants will want to attend a meeting at their Steelworkers Local halls next week to learn more about, and help build a federal grant for, retraining assistance.

By JORDAN CRAVENS staff writer Some say judges are too lenient. Some say they are too harsh.

Jack Cera officially was hired Monday as the new coordinator of the Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority.

It was Jack Cera's first day on his new job and he already was participating in a major campaign.

Belmont County voters apparently chose carefully Tuesday when deciding the fate of levies in their communities, and many important ones were voted down.

Americana at its best - wagon rides, apple dumplings, quilt displays, spinning and weaving demonstrations and candle pouring.

The Dayton Metro Library set a schedule of five furlough days to help meet a budget shortfall caused by $4.9 million in state cuts.

A trade group's measure of the health of the U.S. services sector contracted less than expected in June, reaching its highest level in nine months.The Institute for Supply Management's services index read 47 in June, up from 44 in May.... Read Story.

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 ; 05:25 PM Post Comment Updated Thursday, June 25, 2009 ; 07:55 PM BELLAIRE, Ohio -- An action adventure called "Unstoppable" starring Denzel Washington will be shooting scenes in Bellaire.

A plan that calls for spending about $105 million on local highway projects is up for review by the public and local officials.

FLUSHING a ' Edwin and Judy Cope of Flushing announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Marie, to Stephen James Edgar, son of William and Christy Edgar of Jacobsburg.