Fred W. “Butch” Strauss, 71, of Morristown, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at The Enclave at Barnesville (Astoria Place). He was born on October 3, 1953, in Barnesville, Ohio to the late Fredie and Ruth (Gunn) Strauss. Fred was a 1972 graduate of Union Local High School. He then spent four years […]
Epworth Park prepares to celebrate the Chautauqua Day weekend filled with activities, food, a pageant and more.
The festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12-13 at Epworth Park, 215 N. Main St., Bethesda. The parade will be at 3 p.m. the 13.
The framework is pretty much complete for the new county office building going up on Bannock Road just north of the Belmont College and the Belmont Career Center.
Composites of 14 graduating classes from Barnesville High School are currently posted in downtown storefront windows.
Railroad Street between Bethesda Street and East Main/Colonial Drive is currently closed during weekdays for the trail construction project.
Travel back in time each week through photos from our area’s past.
Travel back in time through the pages of the former Barnesville Enterprise and Barnesville Whetstone newspapers.
Travel through time through images from our area’s past history.
Julie Ann Beazel, age 52, of Colerain, OH, died Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV.She was born March 22, 1973, in Wheeling, WV.She was a member of the Bethesda Church of Christ; worked as a detailer for Wheeling Subaru and Valley Harley Davidson; seamstress at AAA Sewing Center; and […]
Members of Hazen Lodge, #251, Bethesda, will sell wood fire cooked chicken dinners Saturday, July 12 beginning at 11 a.m.