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HENDRYSBURG Firefighters remained on the scene of a structure fire early Sunday after the blaze destroyed a home beginning around 9 p.m. Saturday.
The Barnesville Fire Department was the agency in charge, but Chief Tim Hall remained at the scene after midnight Saturday and was not available to comment early Sunday morning. Multiple area departments assisted in battling the blaze, including those from Bethesda, Belmont, Morristown and Smith Township.
According to Richard Quinlin, public information officer for the Bethesda Fire Department, a few people were taken from the scene to a local hospital in private vehicles. He did not know their conditions or the nature of their injuries. He said the house was completely destroyed.
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There’s nothing quite as satisfying as helping other people.
I’ve learned this in a variety of ways over the years. From the grin that was always on my dad’s face when he dropped change or maybe a dollar bill into one of the Salvation Army’s Red Kettles at Christmastime to the joy I have seen on the faces of those granting wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses, evidence of that satisfaction has presented itself to me time and time again.
Earlier this month, I had the chance to do a bit of helping others myself. On Dec. 5, I climbed aboard a city of Wheeling Operations Department bucket truck and was hoisted high above the parking lot at the Ohio Valley Mall. I was there to help attract attention to Operation Toy Lift, a toy drive hosted by the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department, Wheeling Police Department and United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley.
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MARTINS FERRY resident Hyacin Ray and her son Milan, 2, stand with the snowman they made during the recent snowstorm that dumped several inches of snow onto the Ohio Valley.
MARTINS FERRY City workers tackled the first big snowstorm of the year and did a great job, said Mayor John Davies.
Davies said his initial plan to only have so many plows and salt trucks out in one shift, but when the snow started piling up on Wednesday he was forced to have more go out at one time.
The city’s priorities are its hills and with most of the city’s homes built on hillsides, there are plenty to keep clear during a storm.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE The COVID-19 pandemic is altering nearly every holiday event, but it has not reduced the community’s generosity.
At 10 a.m. Saturday, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department will hold its yearly Shop with a Deputy event at the St. Clairsville Walmart.
This year’s event will be held in memory of former sheriff Tom McCort, who died in April. He served 20 years as Belmont County’s sheriff, from 1984-2004.
Sheriff David Lucas said it is important to go forward with holiday giving.
“(W)e didn’t want to not have it this year, because this year we are helping 69 kids in the Ohio Valley,” he said.