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Belmont County Gets Ready for its 176th Fair

08/31/2025 @ 5:56 pm

Belmont County will celebrate its long-standing and popular fair this upcoming week with livestock shows, truck and tractor pulls and a demolition derby.

Described as a “Family Tradition since 1849”, the fair board of directors have put on a week’s worth of festivities that bring in thousands of visitors.

This year’s fair will be Monday through Sept. 7 at the Belmont County Fairgrounds, 45420 Roscoe Rd., St. Clairsville. The fair schedule can be found on the Belmont County fair website along with other information.

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New Material at Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library

08/30/2025 @ 10:54 pm

Memorials and new material at Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library added during the week of August 25-30.

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BHS Class of 1975 Marks Its 50th

08/30/2025 @ 10:52 pm

Members of the Barnesville High School graduating class of 1975 marked their 50th class reunion July 12-13 with many members returning home to share memories of school days and their lives since.

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Belmont County BOE Consolidates Five Locations into One

08/29/2025 @ 4:17 pm

At Belmont County Board of Election’s most recent meeting, members voted to consolidate five polling locations into a single site.

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Belmont County Sheriff’s Log

08/29/2025 @ 3:52 pm

Western Belmont County excerpts from the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Call Logs covering various dates from August 22 through August 27 are reported below. August 22, 2025 9:54 am — Union Township. A deputy went to an address for an abandoned vehicle in front of the house overnight. The vehicle description was a green Jeep […]

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Barnesville Rotary Dedicates Peace Pole

08/29/2025 @ 11:10 am

Barnesville now sports a Peace Pole, part of an international effort to promote peace over violence and war thanks to the efforts of the Rotary Club.

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Half-Staff

08/29/2025 @ 11:03 am

The American Flag was flying at half-staff at Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library Thursday afternoon. President Donald Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff at all federal buildings and military installations “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” A gunman opened fire […]

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