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Paid family leave receives bipartisan push in Ohio Senate

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With bipartisan support, Ohio could soon join the list of states offering paid family and medical leave for workers. A bill announced by Sen. Beth Liston, D-Dublin, and Sen. Louis W. Blessing III, R-Colerain Township, would create a state insurance fund through a new payroll contribution split ...

Preliminary hearing set in Belmont County bomb threat case

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The teenager accused of calling in bomb threats to several local businesses this week was arraigned on $1 million bond Thursday in Belmont County Eastern Division Court. Larry Allen Harvey, 18, appeared before Judge David Trouten via a live video feed at the Belmont County ...

Accused double murderer appears in court

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Andrew Isaac Griffin, who is accused of murdering his Salsa Joe’s Restaurant business partner, Thomas Strussion, and his wife, Angela Strussion, appeared in front of Belmont County Common Pleas Court Judge Chris Berhalter on Friday afternoon. Berhalter ruled that any and ...

State’s proposed SNAP taxpayer-funded infusion plan questioned

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Ohio’s most populated counties may see SNAP shortfalls topping $7 million under new federal funding, even with additional investments the state laid out in an appropriations bill moving through Ohio’s Senate. Democratic legislators are saying the state’s new formula, which is intended to ...

Wheeling man pleads guilty to murder of wife

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A Wheeling man pleaded guilty Thursday to the murder of his wife in their Wheeling Island home, as well as the attempted murder of his father-in-law. Dwayne Herring, 54, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and attempted arson. Sentencing will be held April 23. ...