Martins Ferry News

For the past four years, the Martins Ferry Fraternal Order of Police has sponsored "Runnin' from the Cops," a 5K race that raises scholarship funds for local high school seniors.

Harry was born July 29, 1928 in Bellaire, a son of the late Harry Dobson and Virginia Shannon Dobson-Vavra. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel's Martins Ferry plant, a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Neffs, OH, and the United Steelworkers Union, and a former member of the Moose Club of Bellaire.

She was born Aug. 4, 1917, in Moundsville, W.Va., a daughter to the late Nassief and Amoon Lewis.

Municipalities looking to rake in some extra cash have some hope with a proposed bill in the Ohio House of Representatives.

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Martins Ferry Mayor Paul Riethmiller is right: Most local residents understand the intersection of Ohio 7 and Hanover Street in his city is a very dangerous place.

Drivers in Martins Ferry will soon see new traffic light signals at the intersection of Hanover Street and State Route 7 after Ohio Department of Transportation workers conducted a traffic study.

He was born November 29, 1934 in Martins Ferry a son of the late Theodore A. and Agnes G. Duck.

A man died Friday morning after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking through the intersection of Zane Highway and Hanover Street and then run over by the vehicle.

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Hospitals can be stressful places to be, but patients, family and staff members at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry now have a new place to relax.

KINDER, Curtis Clark, 65, of St. Joe, Bellaire, Ohio, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at the Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Charges are pending in a drug trafficking investigation in Belmont County after authorities with the drug task force executed a search warrant and raided a Barnesville residence Tuesday.

The Belmont County Drug Task Force is one step closer to putting permanent prescription drug drop-off boxes around the county after receiving full funding for the project.

KEADLE, Michael Gregg, 65, of Hopedale, formerly of Cadiz and Belmont died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville.