Mason County Category Archives: Mason County

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Ronald F. Stein Jr. recently was appointed to replace James Casey as Point Pleasant’s city attorney. (Photo by Lawrence Smith)

POINT PLEASANT –Included in the first official acts of the new city council was appointment of a city attorney, and elimination of the municipal judge. Read More »

POINT PLEASANT – At least one lawsuit in which the city of Point Pleasant was involved was apparently settled over two years ago, but paperwork to formally dismiss it was only recently signed. In addition to being a defendant in … Read More »

POINT PLEASANT – Despite the election being over, several newly election members of the Point Pleasant city council remain mum or non-committal on whether the city should settle or fight three lawsuits that were initiated during the previous administration. Prior … Read More »

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At the kitchen table in her Gallilpolis, Ohio, home, Delores Clonch looks over the copies of filings made in the malpractice case she and her husband, Buster, filed against former Mason County Dr. Jack M. Levine in 2000. “Scandaleous allegations” leveled against Levine, who now practices medicine in Illinois, led to the case being sealed. (Photos by Lawrence Smith)

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio –- “Scandalous allegations” regarding a former Mason County physician’s conduct is what led to the file in a malpractice case against him placed under seal, records provided by the plaintiff in the case show.
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