Belmont, OH

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AVC News) — An Oklahoma man was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated arson Thursday in the 2021 killings of Thomas and Angela Strussion at their Belmont County home.… Read the rest

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Andrew Isaac Griffin was found guilty by a Belmont County jury Wednesday of murdering his former Salsa Joe’s business partner Thomas Strussion and Strussion’s wife Angela Strussion and setting fire to their Trails End Drive home near Belmont on September, 21, 2021. After roughly four hours of deliberation, the jurors found Griffin […]

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – According to unofficial results, 52.73% of registered voters in Belmont County cast ballots in the 2026 November general election.  To see how voters cast ballots... Read More

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Andrew Griffin’s former best friend took the stand in Griffin’s double-murder trial Monday and testified that he helped Griffin devise the plan to kill Thomas Strussion. Brett Cole testified Monday that he helped purchase the motorcycle Griffin allegedly drove to Belmont County to murder Thomas and his wife Angela Strussion, suggested the […]

LISBON — An East Liverpool man sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison in Belmont County in April for aggravated trafficking in drugs is now facing multiple drug trafficking and possession charges in Columbiana County in a related case. Hashim Addae Dunlap, 44, also known as Shane, East Eighth Street, was served Wednesday with […]

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Detective Sgt. Jordan Blumling took the stand for the second time in the Andrew Isaac Griffin double homicide trial, testifying Thursday about unmatched fingerprints found at Thomas and Angela Strussion’s home, located on Trails End Drive near Belmont. Griffin stands accused of murdering former business partner Thomas Strussion […]

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Behind barbed-wired fences and multiple security checks sits a small patch of land in the center of the Belmont Correctional Institution in southeast... Read More

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AVC News) — Approximately 60 gifted sixth-grade students from seven Belmont County school districts participated in a countywide Academic Field Day on Oct.… Read the rest

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Prosecutors in Andrew Isaac Griffin’s double-murder trial claim Griffin was driven to kill his business partner Thomas Strussion and his wife Angela Strussion for money and revenge. Meanwhile, Griffin’s attorney claimed the prosecution’s case is anchored by unreliable witnesses, including one he deemed one of the “lowest, most unreliable scumbags on the […]

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (AVC News) — Two Wheeling men were arrested after allegedly fleeing from a hotel property and running into nearby woods in Richland Township, according to WTRF.… Read the rest