Tuscarawas Insurance Agency merged with Kemp Insurance of Barnesville in February, bringing more agricultural roots and keeping familiar faces and a “small town” feel to the local business.
Kemp Insurance of Barnesville provided services to clients for nearly 50 years before merging with Tuscarawas Insurance Agency in February.
Bob Ullom of Somerton, who was a longtime fire chief of the Somerton Volunteer Fire Department, began the Ohio Mutual Insurance Agency. After several years of running it, Richard Kemp took over the agency in 1976, calling it Kemp Insurance.
Western Belmont County excerpts from the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Call Logs covering various dates from August 15 through August 20 are reported below.
ODOT projects on SR 147, SR 148 and I-70 are planned in the coming weeks.
A fire early Friday night at the Beallsville Vista Apartments sent two to the hospital.
Holloway will celebrate its 77th annual Oldtimers Baseball Festival with food, a car show, parade and more.
The Oldtimers festival will begin at 11 a.m. with the kitchen opening at that time daily, Labor Day Weekend, Aug 29-31, with the festival concluding at 5 p.m. Aug. 31.
Belmont County Engineer Terry D. Lively’s office announced two upcoming local road closures in the Barnesville area. They are:
Ground preparation work is nearing an end for the new Belmont Firehouse. (Barnesville Area News photo)
A Rainbow Bridge was unveiled and dedicated this week at the Belmont County David M. Lucas Dog Park on SR 331 north of Belmont College and the Belmont Career Center.
With a grant received from the Ohio Arts Council the Barnesville State Theater was happy to be able to send two of our board members Bill Knox and Shelley Jefferis to Pittsburgh in July to attend the League of Historic American Theatre’s Annual Conference.