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Polling location change announced WHEELING – There is a polling location change for voters in Ohio County for next Tuesday’s primary election, according to Erin Allietta, elections coordinator for Ohio County. The Masonic Lodge in Fulton will no longer be a polling location. Voters in precincts 20 and 31 will now vote in the upstairs event room at Generations Restaurant and Pub, 338 National Road, in Fulton. Marshall Co. Democrats to meet GLEN DALE – The Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at Perkins Restaurant in Glen Dale for ...

Fluharty Kicks Off State Senate Campaign

West Virginia Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, speaks to the crowd in attendance Wednesday night at the kickoff reception for his campaign for West Virginia Senate. Fluharty is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for the District 1 Senate seat. He will face the winner of the Republican ...

Brooke County applying for courthouse grant

WELLSBURG – Brooke County commissioners are hoping to be able to upgrade the security at the county courthouse, agreeing this week to apply for a state grant in support of the efforts. Commissioners voted 2-0, Tuesday, to apply for a Courthouse Security Grant offered through the State of ...

Ferguson Coasts To Republican Nomination For Ohio’s 96th District Seat

STEUBENVILLE — Incumbent state Rep. Ron Ferguson emerged from Tuesday’s primary election with the Republican nomination for another term in Ohio’s House of Representatives locked up. Ferguson, a Wintersville resident, will now take on Democrat Charrie L. Foglio in the November general ...

Warner highlights student voting, child care legislation in local visits

WHEELING — West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner recognized both student civic engagement and recent legislative efforts during visits Tuesday in Marshall and Ohio counties. At Cameron High School, Warner congratulated the school’s 44 seniors for achieving 100% voter ...