Martins Ferry News

When the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that it would be adding a seventh class for football next fall it was widely assumed there would be a great deal of moving and shaking in terms of Ohio Valley schools.

A trial curbside recycling program was approved by the JB Green Team board of trustees Monday night for neighborhoods in Steubenville and Martins Ferry.

He was born July 2, 1931 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of the late Horace and Kathryn Santa Hathaway.

The red arrows in the northbound turning lanes of Ohio 7 in Martins Ferry thus far has been operating as intended.

Reaching the podium was David Cline's focus entering the Division III state track and field meet today at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

The Belmont County Board of Commissioners announced new projects that they will be submitting to the Ohio Office of Community Development.

A Martins Ferry man was arrested after police found a suspected meth lab operation in his home.

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Surviving are three daughters, Mary E. Graham of Martins Ferry, Ohio; Donna K. Ackerman and her husband Charles of Martins Ferry, Ohio; Vickie L. Kerns and her husband Arthur of Wheeling; six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. Friends received 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Altmeyer ... (more)

Heath Piper of Eighty Four, Pa., won by a margin of nearly 70 seconds with a time of 17:54.5 ''After about a half mile, I surged into the lead and I just tried to keep the pace steady,'' Piper said.

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.