The Barnesville Elementary students in grades 1-4 demonstrated their artistic talents by decorating the four Christmas trees on the Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum’s front porch. This is the second year for the tree decorating contest sponsored by the Victorian Mansion.
Crystal Lorimor, director of the Community Improvement Corporation of Belmont County, released the names of this year’s winners for “The Future of Belmont County” essay contest for youth.
The Barnesville Chamber of Commerce is staging two holiday contests.
Union Local students in grades 4–8 took the stage for the 40th annual Spelling Bee on November 18.
Students, staff and residents of the Union Local School District will collect non-perishable food items and coats in December.
Several stories from the Thanksgiving Weekend Snow of 1950 were shared by readers of Barnesville Area News.
December 29, 1929 – November 17, 2025 Pompano Beach, Florida Martha White McClure, 95, passed away peacefully at her home in Pompano Beach, Florida, on November 17, 2025. Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 28, 1929, she was the daughter of Dr. T.C. and Katherine White and grew up in Barnesville, Ohio. Martha met […]
Karl F. Eichhorn, Jr., a 1943 BHS grad, WWII veteran, and lifelong professional photographer, was in town and recorded the 1950 Thanksgiving Snowstorm.
The Thanksgiving Snowstorm in 1950 ground transportation and the local economy to a halt for several weeks.
Ronald “Ron” Andrew Pradetto, 71, of Jacobsburg, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at his home. He was born November 5, 1954, in Washington, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Louis “Lou” and Irene Pescho Pradetto. Ron worked 35 years in insurance claims and after his retirement in 2009, he decided to pursue […]