While Ohio’s new budget has been the legislative focus in the last two weeks, lawmakers continue to push to change the rules voters approved for recreational marijuana use. Many expected the House to ...

Ohioans will continue the celebrations of this country’s early days on the 238th anniversary of the “Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio.” ...

I took a break from working on today’s newspaper Friday evening to walk around my yard in the dark. I wasn’t admiring the landscaping — instead I was checking to make sure nothing was on fire. You see ...

With a 6-month-old child in his lap, Harold Ramsey talked about why he believes he is the right person to get the heart of ...

Two hundred years ago this month, right here in Belmont County, history was made. On July 4, 1825, construction officially began on the National Road in Ohio. The groundbreaking took place in St.

Perception is your reality but not necessarily THE reality! Or, said differently, what we believe to be true isn’t always the truth. On June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth) the last of the slaves in the USA ...