Belmont County News

The Belmont County Health and Human Services Levy was defeated. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- Election results came in slow in Belmont County, but there were some surprises and some disappointments.

Bruce Callarick is set to face a judge in Belmont County Friday morning. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- One of the men charged in the Sarah Jessica Parker surrogate scandal is scheduled to face a judge this morning.

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

Out-of-control government spending and a concern for the nation's future led more than 1,000 residents to turn out for a ''tea party'' Tuesday that coincided with Ohio's Election Day.

Belmont County voters will vote on one county-wide issue, four school levies, three state issues and council and township races.

The public preschool in Shadyside was closed Monday and will be closed Tuesday due to illness.

Tuesday is election day in Ohio and three statewide issues are sparking the most interest.

Police are looking for the man who robbed the Red Roof Inn in St. Clairsville. ST.

Table gambling, money for Ohio's younger war veterans and protecting the state's food supply all will be at issue when Ohio voters go to the polls Tuesday.

Bruce Callarik was has agreed to testify for the prosecution. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- One of the three defendants in a St.

ZANESVILLE -- Martin W. Kiggans, 45, of Byesville, could spend the next 19 years in prison if convicted of two robbery charges and two theft-of-drug charges.

The mass vaccination clinic at the Bridgeport School complex this week was a "first" in the Ohio Valley.

On Election Day, voters in Ohio will decide on Issue One, which would provide financial "bonuses" to Veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Belmont County commissioners understand that it will be difficult to slash $3.6 million in spending next year.

Belmont County's top officials gathered Thursday for a hearing on the 2010 budget - a tight one from which commissioners said $3.6 million must be cut.

In Belmont County, health officials sent a consent form home with every school child.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- The woman accused of stealing money from Ohio University Eastern was set to appear before a judge in Belmont County this morning, but the hearing was continued.

A Martins Ferry man was arrested in Wheeling just after midnight Sunday on drug charges.

BREAKING NEWS: A Belmont County Jury has returned its verdict. ST. CLAIRSVILLLE -- The trial against Jerry Moore is over.

Trial dates have been set for two eastern Ohio police chiefs accused of snooping on a Hollywood couple's surrogate mother.