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The group East Liverpool Citizens Against Traffic Cameras and the city of East Liverpool both provided Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge C. Ashley Pike with additional information about their arguments before he makes a decision in the civil case. Both attorneys, Charles Payne for the city and Mark Hanni for the citizens group, on Thursday got a chance to talk about the remaining issues in the case, which mainly revolve around whether or not the citizens group should have filed a referendum or an initiative petition to try to repeal the use of traffic cameras.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson received more than 81 percent of the Republican votes in Columbiana County and even more of a percentage of the votes in several of the other counties throughout the 6th Congressional District in unofficial results in the May primary on Tuesday. In the fall, Johnson is set to face Shawna Roberts of Belmont, who took 73 percent of the vote in Columbiana County against Werner Lange of Newton Falls in the Democratic primary.
A reputed Cleveland gang member will be tried again as an adult on drug charges after his first conviction was overturned because local officials failed to file the charges in juvenile court. Visiting Juvenile Court Judge John Hoffman Jr. ruled Nov. 1 there was enough evidence for him to determine that Nathaniel Baker should be tried as an adult on drug charges and not as a juvenile, setting the stage for Baker to be go on trial a second time in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.
Columbiana County Recorder Theresa Bosel is being opposed in her re-election bid by Madison Township Fiscal Officer Tiffany Chetock. We were among Bosel's biggest critics during her first year in office.
Columbiana County Commissioner Mike Halleck and county Republican Party Chairman David Johnson came away impressed after meeting Donald Trump at a fundraiser held Monday in Canton. "He's a different person than he is on television, much more soft spoken, much more personable," Halleck said, recalling his three- minute conversation with Trump.