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Three new faces joining Hancock County school board

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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 ...

Hancock County voters approve levies

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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 ...

Viola upsets Zatezalo in Republican race for District 2 House seat

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WEIRTON – A political newcomer unseated a long-time incumbent in the race for the Republican nomination for West Virginia's House of Delegates District 2 Tuesday night. According to unofficial votes, Tony Viola of Weirton received a total of 626 votes, compared to 465 votes for incumbent ...

POLICE

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St. Clair Township — Jaminlee Morris, age and address not provided, was issued a citation during an April 29 traffic stop on St. Clair Avenue for an expired sticker and loud muffler. — Sean Barrett, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for driving under suspension and an expired sticker during an April 29 traffic stop on state Route 170. The vehicle was towed by Calcutta Towing. — William Hawkins, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for speed of 68 mph in a 45 mph-zone during an April 30 traffic stop on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road. — ...

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

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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 ...

THE COURTS

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Charles A. DiPalma, 38, Steubenville, was bound over to the county grand jury for receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle in Salem on April 4 after allegedly failing to return the vehicle to the rental company, the affidavit said. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set June 4 for Elijah Rudolph, 18, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, charged with third-degree felony tampering with drugs and misdemeanors of possession of drugs and disorderly conduct for an incident May 2 ...