Publication Promotes Barnesville as Retiree Location
Another outside publication has discovered Barnesville. Last year the community was selected as one of Ohio’s Best Hometowns.
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Belmont Farm Bureau Delegates Attend Annual Meeting
Four delegates from the Belmont County Farm Bureau attended the 107th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau in Columbus on Dec. 11 – 12.
2026 Barnesville Chamber Meetings Set
The Barnesville Chamber’s monthly luncheon meeting schedule for 2026 is set. Some meeting locations will be announced nearer that meeting date. All meetings are scheduled to begin at Noon.
Grant Will Help Add Black Horse Inn and Captina to National Underground Railroad Network
Kristina Estle, manger of the Underground Railroad Museum that will move from Flushing to Morristown this fall, announces a successful grant application to research and submit Morristown’s Black Horse and the site of the free Captina African American Community in Somerset Township south of Barnesville to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom sites.
Twice-Told Tales Redux
Travel back in time through the pages of the former Barnesville Enterprise and Barnesville Whetstone newspapers.
Enterprise Album
Nancy Hanes Wildman explored the downtown snow mounds following the big Thanksgiving Snow of 1950. [Photo provided by Dal Wildman]
Barnesville Area News Volunteer and Board Member Opportunities
The Barnesville Area News Company Team will conduct its annual meeting Tuesday, January 20 at 5 p.m. at the Barnesville Library Annex, 611 N. Chestnut Street.
Most Read Stories, Reach of Barnesville Area News
Most newspapers and media platforms will remind readers what the most read or important articles were during the previous year.
We at Barnesville Area News have a similar story to tell. During our first year as a nonprofit, several stories
Barnesville Hospital Cafe Menu Jan. 4-10
The Barnesville Hospital cafe is open to the public daily. The menu for January 4-10 is shared.
Santa Mike Wraps up a Busy Year!
For the past several years, Santa Mike has filled the role of Barnesville’s Santa during Christmas in the Ville activities. He flips the switch at Oglebay Park’s Festival of Lights and makes appearances throughout the Ohio Valley region and the the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.