Powhatan Point News

Somewhere between Powhatan Point and Bridgeport, officials with Royal Dutch Shell are exploring a possible site to locate the company's ethane cracker, according to Belmont County Commissioner Chuck Probst.

BURKAS, Jessica, 95, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, formerly of Bellaire and Powhatan Point, died Monday, January 30, 2012, at the Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire, Ohio.

BELMONT COUNTY , OH--- Firefighters are investigating a structure fire that started late Sunday afternoon in Powhatan Point.

KNOWLTON, Mildred, age 84, of Market St., Clarington, Ohio, died Sunday, January 15, 2012 in Wheeling Hospital Medical Park, Wheeling, W.Va. She was born August 25, 1927 in Powhatan Point, Ohio, the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine Mlik Smigill.

She was born April 19, 1930 in Powhatan Point, Ohio, a daughter of the late Henry and Inez Hill Wright.