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Midterm election turnout high, but not the highest locally

WHEELING – All four local counties in East Ohio had voter turnout exceeding 50% in this week’s election – but they were all still below Ohio’s statewide turnout rate of 58.1%. In West Virginia, the overall turnout was 38.33%. Ohio, Hancock and Marshall counties exceeded that number, ...

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.