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Patty A. (Booth) Elerick

Patty A. (Booth) Elerick

Patty A. (Booth) Elerick, 80 of Lafferty passed away Thursday, May 1, 2025, at WVU Medicine/Wheeling Hospital surrounded by her family.  She was born in Huntington, WV, the daughter of the late Virginia Boot. Patty was a nurturing person working in the health care industry for years as a Certified Nurse’s Aide.  Her last employment […]

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Franklin Dale Welch

Franklin Dale Welch

Franklin Dale Welch, 35, of Youngstown, OH, formerly of Barnesville, OH passed away on April 27, 2025 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. He was born on February 6, 1990 to his parents Ralph Del and Barbara Elaine (Baker) Welch. He was a member of the Armstrong Mills Methodist Church, and he served 5 years in the […]

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Jean Wharton

Jean Wharton

Nora “Jean” Wharton,81, of Urbana, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2025, at Hearth and Home Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family. Jean was born on October 23, 1943, in Alledonia, Ohio, to the late James and Marie (McFarland) Perkins. A proud 1961 graduate of Beallsville High School, Nora married the love of her […]

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Isaac Roy Pittman

Isaac Roy Pittman

Isaac Roy Pittman, 39, of Ashland, Ohio and formerly of Beallsville, Ohio  passed away, Sunday, April 27, 2025 in Samaritan Hospital, Ashland, Ohio.  He was born February 17, 1986 in Bellaire Hospital, a son of Clarence Samuel “Sam” Pittman and the late Susan Jean Clevenger Pittman. Isaac was an employee of CNG in Mansfield and […]

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William “WeeBill” R. Thomas Jr.

William “WeeBill” R. Thomas Jr.

William “WeeBill” R. Thomas Jr., 65, of Byesville, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025, at SEORMC. WeeBill was born on March 7, 1960, in Steubenville, a son of the late William and Dorothy (Brandle) Thomas Sr. WeeBill worked for Laborers Local 809 Union where he loved his job. He enjoyed hunting morel mushrooms, fishing, […]

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Dorotha Mae Myers

Dorotha Mae Myers

Dorotha Mae Passmore Myers, 104, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died April 27, 2025, in Emerald Pointe Care Center in Barnesville, Ohio. She was born in Belmont, Ohio, on February 19, 1921, a daughter of the late Edna Toothman Passmore and Maywood Passmore. Dorotha was a retired secretary for Union Local Schools in Morristown, Ohio and […]

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Juanita M. (Adkins) Paboucek

Juanita M. (Adkins) Paboucek

Juanita M. “Nannan” Paboucek, 75, of Belmont, Ohio passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at her daughters home in Summerfield, Ohio. She was born on December 22, 1949, to the late Charles L. and Grace (Burkhart) Adkins. Juanita worked for Herb Halls Grocery Store as a teenager and more recently at Riesbeck’s for over […]

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Council Continues Engineering Contract Discussion

Council Continues Engineering Contract Discussion

by Lisa Gallagher, Barnesville Area News Resolution #4011, an amended contract with CTI Engineers, Inc. for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project, was read at the April 21 Barnesville Village Council Meeting for the second time. At the last meeting, several councilmembers wanted assurances that the contract does not obligate the village for construction-related costs […]

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