Two arrested for drug possession
STEUBENVILLE Two men are in custody after police reportedly caught them Monday with large amounts of drugs in their possession, Jefferson County Drug Task Force Capt. John Lemal said.
Lloyd George Douglas Jr., 38, of 821 Oakmont Ave., was charged with one count of felony possession of drugs and one count of weapons under disability after officers caught him with over 500 grams more than a pound of fentanyl in his possession at an unidentified Sunset Boulevard business, Lamal said. Officers also seized more than $15,000 in cash and two firearms when they searched his residence, he added.
Lamal said evidence generated by the search led them to execute a search warrant of another business at the same Sunset Boulevard location. More than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 200 grams of what’s believed to be cocaine, 87 grams of crack and other unidentified substances were seized, he said.
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What we did not know then was just how low it would be.
In fact, Bob Gale, who was navigating his first election after being named as the next executive director of the Jefferson County Board of Elections, had said he was optimistic that as many as 20 percent of the eligible voters would cast ballots in the election.
That projection was off, as only 7.9 percent of the 12,804 registered voters in Steubenville bothered to make their voices heard.
One of the reasons, likely, was a lack of ballot issues and candidates. Everyone in the city who was registered had the chance to vote on the renewals of the city’s 0.7 percent and 0.3 percent income taxes both of which easily passed and those who live in the 4th Ward and who registered as Democrats had the chance to vote on the candidate who would represent the party for that seat on the November ballot.
STEUBENVILLE Tuesday s primary/special election might not have the hype and luster of the elections that took place last year, but for voters in Steubenvill
May 3, 2021
Many residents in our part of Eastern Ohio will not go to the polls Tuesday, but it doesn’t mean they don’t care about how their communities are run.
It’s because this spring’s primary ballot in Jefferson County features just one contested race and a few issues, but those are of great importance to the people who live in the areas they affect. Polls won’t even be open in Harrison County, where the board of elections notes a lack of candidates and issues requiring a primary to be held means residents there have nothing to vote on.
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