Keith Earl Crook, 62 of Flushing passed away suddenly on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at his residence. He was born on February 5, 1963, in Wheeling, WV the son of Lawrence Dale and Eleanor (Raber) Crook, Sr. Keith was Catholic by faith; he was employed as a pipefitter with Union Pipefitter Local Union #83. In […]
In a recent hellbender salamander survey, teams found healthy, juvenile salamanders and eggs in Captina Creek in Belmont County.
The Ohio State University, Columbus Zoo and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources conducted a recent survey for the Eastern Hellbender salamander, replicating and expanding on a survey done in 2009. This is a two-year survey, and agencies just finished their first field season.
During the early years of the pumpkin festival, parish members of the Church of the Assumption sold horseradish during the four-day September street fair. According to AI instructions: “to harvest and prepare horseradish, dig up the root in the fall after a frost or in early spring, then wash, peel, and chop it. For preparation, […]
The Barnesville Police Report for October 2025 is reported.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Collin R. Nolan has been selected as the 2025 Trooper of the Year at the St. Clairsville Post.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Ohio State Highway Patrol Dispatcher Jennifer Moore Has been selected as the 2025 Dispatcher of the Year at the St. Clairsville Post.
Travel back in time each week through the pages of the former Barnesville Enterprise and former Barnesville Whetstone newspapers.
John C. Jones, 83, of Beallsville, Ohio passed away Wednesday November 12, 2025 at Liza’s Place Wheeling, West Virginia. He was born June 2, 1942 in Somerton, Pennsylvania a son of the late George H. and Carolyn Fay Fornaker Jones. John had worked as a Sheriff Deputy for Summit County Ohio and then worked for […]
At Wednesday’s Barnesville Chamber of Commerce president John Rataiczak announced the name of the 2026 Spring Banquet keynote speaker Michael Schuster,FAIA, president of MSA Design in Cincinnati.
Virginia Kay Wiethe, a lifelong resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2025, at the age of 80. Born on October 18, 1945, in Wheeling, she was the beloved daughter of the late Jerome T. Wiethe and Virginia (Bissett) Wiethe. Virginia dedicated many years of her life to her work as […]