Monday night, after “closed session” interviews with five of six candidates for two open village council seats, Barnesville council members selected two former members for the positions for the remainder of 2025.
The Barnesville School Board approved several measures including a new contract for the district’s treasurer at the February 20 meeting.
News of the area’s two libraries is profiled weekly.
The Union Local School District is currently raising funds to create an outdoor recreational and educational zone for our students. The facility will feature basketball, pickleball and volleyball along with other uses.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik on February 19 announced approximately $50 million in grant funding is now available to help communities across the state clean up contaminated properties and prepare them for redevelopment.
On Thursday, Belmont County Sheriff James G. Zusack announced that Andrew Isaac Griffin, 32, was arrested in Hawaii on February 28 for the 2021 homicides of Angela and Thomas Strussion of Belm
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News from area businesses are shared.
The Barnesville Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for the Citizen of the Year.
Residents are asked to remove grave decorations from all village operated cemeteries. These include Crestview, Northern, and Southern cemeteries.