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The Daily Reporter The mayor and two of four Coldwater city council member seats up for election this year have qualified for new terms.  The other two are collecting signatures to get on the ballot by the April 20 deadline.  According to Coldwater Clerk Sue Heath, no one else has asked for the forms to file. Mayor Tom Kramer, 69, filed his petition of 25 registered voters seeking a new two-year term.  Kramer has been mayor since 2011. He has served on the council since 1985 except for two y...

Marco ELKINS — Newly elected Mayor Jerry Marco has created a new task force to deal with drug addiction and homelessness in the City of Elkins. The Addiction and Homeless Resources Task Force will include one Elkins City Council member, Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett and Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon. The Task Force will also include at least four citizen members. Marco said Task Force members will “seek and share information about available strategies and resources, as well as iden...

The Redbud City: It happened in April Clyde Wooldridge CITY ELECTION 125 YEARS AGO - The city-wide election on April 8, 1896, was a highly emotional contest between two competing political views. The local news media called it “a grand and glorious victory for the good people of Shawnee. It cannot be called a Republican victory for the fact that many good Democratic citizens voted for Mr. Search.” Charles Knox, the Democrat, was elected as city clerk by 102 votes over George Boggs, the Repu...

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bcoupland@tribtoday.com NEWTON FALLS — Village council has scheduled a special meeting Friday to set the date for the recall election of 4th Ward Councilwoman Sandra Breymaier. Fourth Ward residents last month submitted a petition signed by more than 200 people seeking to recall Breymaier. Village clerk Kathy King last month accepted the petitions, which stayed with the clerk’s office for 20 days before being taken to the Trumbull County Board of Elections, where the signatures were reviewe...

Andrea Waner secures victory in Columbias Second Ward council race Andrea Waner fended off challengers Jim Meyer and Bill Weitkemper on Tuesday to win her first term as the Columbia City Council’s Second Ward representative. Waner received 52.2% of votes, outgaining Meyer by 287 votes. Weitkemper finished in a distant third with 195 total votes. Waner, chair of the citys Human Rights Commission, replaces Mike Trapp after he didn’t seek reelection following nine years at City Hall. Trapp...

Some Naperville, Lisle, Villa Park and Downers Grove incumbents lose reelection bids   Posted4/7/2021 1:00 AM Voters on Tuesday put three new people on the Naperville City Council and gave a longtime Aurora alderman another four years to help run the second-largest city in the state, according to unofficial results. And in Lisle, Villa Park and Downers Grove, some incumbents lost their seats.   County clerks wont declare official results until April 21, as they wait for provisional ...

In Columbia, voters in the Second and Sixth wards were casting ballots for City Council seats. In the Second Ward, Bill Weitkemper, Jim Meyer and Andrea Waner are competing to replace Mike Trapp, who chose not to seek election to a fourth three-year term. In the Sixth Ward, incumbent Betsy Peters is seeking a third term and faces challenges from Randy Minchew and Philip Merriman. There are five people seeking one of two three-year terms on the Columbia School Board. They are incumbent Teresa Ma...

ELKINS — Elkins City Council has certified the results of the March 2 Elkins Municipal Election. Meeting Wednesday, council certified the vote totals, which were unchanged from the results of Monday’s vote canvass at the Phil Gainer Community Center. During Monday’s vote canvass, council reviewed 32 provisional ballots and accepted 22 of them, changing some vote totals but not the outcomes of any races. Candidates had 48 hours from the close of the canvass to request recounts, but none d...

Roy Dale Greathouse, Tier III sex offender On Wednesday an affidavit was filed in Marietta Municipal Court representing 44 complainants, residents in Marietta’s Third Ward, who allege criminal behavior committed by the owner of 1099 Colegate Drive (the former location of North Hills School). The affidavit alleges retaliation following the loss of a sale deal to Life and Purpose Behavioral Health for the former school site in 2020. According to Municipal Judge Janet Dyar Welch’s order entry ...