LAFFERTY Boy Scout Jonathan Dubiel plans to earn an Eagle Scout badge by honoring a community’s veterans and restoring and updating a lost monument, and he has the community’s support. Dubiel, 16, of Flushing, is part of Troop 59 located in St. Clairsville, is undertaking the planning and construction of a memorial to honor […]
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From STAFF REPORTS
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise locally, Belmont County Jail has taken inmates from Northern Regional Jail in Marshall County who have tested positive for the virus.
Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas confirmed two of the new inmates are positive for COVID-19, but said there is little risk to the rest of the population.
“This happened last week. This was done by court order,” Lucas said.
“They were ordered by the court to be brought over. There were three males and two females, and one male and one female tested positive over there for COVID.”
“All the necessary precautions have been taken. They have been quarantined here and they are segregated (from) other inmates,” Lucas said. “They was on their tail-end of their quarantine. Once they’re cleared by medical, then they’ll be put in general population.”