Larry Abel News Today

MARTINS FERRY — When city Police Chief John McFarland goes off duty today, big changes will be on the horizon for him. At the end of this shift, McFarland

The US-based events agency, Abel McCallister Abel has announced the opening of its first international office in London and production studio in Bristol, UK.

Boyett: Arson swept like wildfire across the region in 1995-96 Frank Boyett Fires start small. So, it seems appropriate that The Gleaner’s long-running coverage of a 16-month epidemic of arson began with three lines in the Fire Runs column of Sept. 7, 1995. Before it came to a sooty end on Christmas Day 1996, arson had claimed about 35 structures in the Tri-County area, including three churches, several vacant houses and mobile homes, and a workshop. Most of the burned buildings were barns; m...