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Hancock County voters approve levies

NEW CUMBERLAND – Hancock County voters overwhelmingly showed their support for two levies as part of Tuesday's election. According to unofficial results, the county's new levy in support of the Hancock County Animal Shelter received an approval from 68.55 percent of the voters, with 2,955 voting for the levy and 1,356 voting against. The levy. designed to raise $300,000 per year over a four-year period, was approved by commissioners to go before the voters last November. Under the levy call, taxes would be assessed at a rate of 0.7378 cents for every $100 of assessed value on ...

Three new faces joining Hancock County school board

NEW CUMBERLAND – Three new faces will be joining the Hancock County Board of Education in July, coming in to office shortly after the board has been stripped of much of its authority by the state. According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Tiffany Gale of Weirton, Melissa Bane of Weirton, and Jeff Woofter of New Cumberland, are set to take their seats at the beginning of the district's fiscal year, July 1. They are filling seats currently held by Board Vice President Ed Fields, Jack Crow and Jim Horstman. Numbers provided by the Hancock County Clerk's Office Tuesday show ...

Liverpool Twp. trustees to consider promoting fire chief to building inspector

LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP – Liverpool Township trustees are considering promoting the fire chief to building inspector. Trustee Mike Bahen made the suggestion of promoting Fire Chief Jacob Russell, Liverpool Township Volunteer Fire Department, to building inspector during Tuesday’s meeting of the Liverpool Township Board of Trustees. The suggestion came about during discussion on some of the dilapidated, neglected or abandoned houses within the township. Bahen said with Russell being certified now as a building inspector, it could be helpful in dealing with the neglected houses in ...

Saltwell Road intersection reopens near county facilities

LISBON — Saltwell Road in Lisbon is reopened. Lisbon water department workers removed the barricades mid-morning Tuesday, allowing motorists access to the road from state Route 45 west to Dickey Drive and beyond. The closure of that section of Saltwell Road had been extended to May 14, but Lisbon Water Department Senior Plant Operator Chris Peterson said the project to replace a collapsed sewer line was completed Friday, with all the equipment removed Monday to make way for the opening Tuesday. The village water department had already been planning on installing a new sewer line ...

DeWine names Andy Wilson as state attorney general

Gov. Mike DeWine decided on a placeholder, saying he’s appointing Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, as the state’s next attorney general, to replace Dave Yost, who is resigning, effective June 7. DeWine, a Republican, said Wilson will serve the final seven ...