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County engineer’s office still look for salt solution for the winter

LISBON — Columbiana County Engineer Bert Dawson said his department is still working on a salt issue after receiving no bids for sodium chloride rock salt for the upcoming winter. The bid opening was set for Aug. 5, but instead of bids, the department received three letters from companies who had been invited to bid, all saying they were unable to submit bids, including Morton Salt, Cargill and Compass Minerals. The county had been trying to secure its own salt contract rather than going through the Ohio Department of Transportation contract which had more than tripled in cost from ...

Former police chief waives right to preliminary hearing in domestic violence case

LISBON — Former Liverpool Township police chief Jayson Jackson waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday, with his case for fourth-degree felony domestic violence bound over for consideration by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. Jackson, 53, Campground Road, Wellsville, appeared briefly before county Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning for the latest case. He’s accused of allegedly punching a woman several times during a domestic on July 26 in Liverpool Township. He’s also facing a probation violation hearing at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 after stipulating to probable cause ...

Rumbaugh grilled by lawmakers over DMV modernization contract

CHARLESTON - Lawmakers last week raised a number of concerns about the price tag of a new system meant to modernize computer records maintained by the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. Todd Rumbaugh, the cabinet secretary of the state Department of Transportation, answered questions ...

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...

W.Va. unveils statewide plan for responsible data centers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While several states are rushing to place moratoriums on data center development, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey and legislative leaders have unveiled a seven-point set of principles to guide the state’s data center program. Morrisey, officials with the Department of Commerce and leaders of the House of Delegates and state Senate hosted a news conference this week in the Governor’s Reception Room to unveil the West Virginia Responsible Data Center Development Plan. “I think it marks a defining moment for the future of the great state of West ...

Democrats disagree over abolishing or reforming ICE at DNC meeting

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats on Saturday approved dueling messages on whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished or reformed, reflecting sharp opposition to President Donald Trump’s crackdown but revealing disagreement in the party ahead of the midterms. The Democratic National Committee, gathered for a summer meeting, also signed off on a raft of policy positions, including one that calls for “concrete reforms” of ICE and another for abolishing the agency that’s been at the center of several fatal encounters. ICE has been at the heart of a ...