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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.

Stakem To Represent W.Va. House Of Delegates District 5

WHEELING – Democrat Karen Shuler Stakem will represent District 5 in the West Virginia House of Delegates starting in 2027. Stakem defeated Republican Beth Hinebaugh in Tuesday’s general election. She will succeed Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, who instead sought a state senate ...

Timmons re-elected as Jefferson County commissioner

STEUBENVILLE — There will be no change at the top of Jefferson County government after Commissioner Eric Timmons was re-elected to his seat Tuesday. A 50-year-old Republican from Steubenville, Timmons defeated Democratic challenger Brent Nemeth, according to unofficial results from the ...

Trifecta: Capito heads back to U.S. Senate for third term

CHARLESTON — Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. Senate next year to begin serving her third six-year term on Capitol Hill. WV MetroNews, the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the election ...