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Kirkwood Heights Resident Wants Property Detached From Bridgeport

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A Bridgeport resident said he and a few other property owners want to be part of Pease Township instead of the village. During a Belmont County Commission meeting Wednesday, Kirkwood Heights Road resident Randy Becker said he and four other residents are petitioning the ...

Local Briefs for Nov. 5

Union Local Board Meeting Nov. 19 The Union Local School District Board of Education will hold its Regular Board Meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM. This meeting will be held in the High School Learning Center. Board of Health to meet Monday The Belmont County Board of Health will conduct its regular board meeting on: Monday November 9th, 2026 @ 8:00 a.m. at the Belmont County EMA Building Bannock Rd., on SR#331, St. Clairsville, Ohio. Board of Developmental Disabilities meets Nov. 19 St. Clairsville – The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Belmont County Board ...

Andrew Griffin Found Guilty Of Murdering Strussions

A Belmont County jury found Andrew Isaac Griffin guilty of the murders of Thomas and Angela Strussion on Wednesday in Belmont County Common Pleas Court. Griffin was found guilty on all five counts – two counts of murder with a firearms specification, two counts of murder with trespassing ...

BREAKING: Verdict reached in Griffin double-murder trial

A verdict has been reached in the double-murder trial of Andrew Isaac Griffin. The jury is scheduled to return shortly into the courtroom in Belmont County, when it will then be announced. Return to timesleaderonline.com later for more on this story.

Story and Video: Jury to begin deliberation in Griffin double-murder case

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The fate of Andrew Isaac Griffin is now in the hands of the jury. After seven days of hearing from Belmont County Assistant Prosecutors Joe Vavra and Christopher Kinsler and Griffin’s attorney Samuel H. Shamansky, both sides provided their closing statements on ...