BELPRE — Belpre City Schools announced Friday afternoon that Belpre Elementary School will be closed Monday due to the failure of its heating system. In posts on the district’s website and Facebook page, officials said due to the type of problem and the age of the heating system, custom ...

COLUMBUS — A special election schedule to finish the congressional term of a congressman who will resign to become president of Youngstown State University was announced Friday by the governor of Ohio. In November, U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson was offered and accepted the job at Youngstown ...

Meetings ¯ The Wolf Creek Board of Education will hold its annual Organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8, 2024 in the High School Library. The monthly meeting will be held immediately following the organizational meeting. ¯ The Washington County Board of Developmental Disabilities ...

PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges of breaking and entering, grand larceny, and possession with intent to distribute, the Parkersburg Police Department announced Friday via Facebook post. The post said Andrew James Caplinger, 30, of Parkersburg, was ...

RENO — One man was killed in a fire early Friday morning in Newport Township, according to the chief of the Reno Volunteer Fire Department. The identity of the adult male was not released. The fire occurred around 2 a.m. at a single-family dwelling in the 2300 block of Sandhill Road, Fire ...

BEVERLY — Fort Frye Local Schools Board of Education swore in two newly-elected board members and selected the President and Vice President during the board’s organizational meeting Thursday evening. Lloyd Booth has been a school board member for 28 years. Kerri Schilling is starting ...