MADISON TOWNSHIP — Brian Hennessey and Jonathan Mayle hope to open a 4,000-square-foot marijuana dispensary in Madison Township.
Marijuana
The latest coverage on marijuana legislation in Richland County, since the passage of State Issue 2 in November 2023 made recreational cannabis legal in Ohio.
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Lexington council votes to prohibit marijuana dispensaries
LEXINGTON — Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio, but you won’t find any retailers popping up in Lexington. Lexington’s village council voted Jan. 15 to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the commercial retail sale of marijuana. The ordinance’s official language bans the processing and dispensing of adult use cannabis, as well as cannabis laboratories, cultivation […]
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Shiloh acquires former Civista Bank building
Civista Bank signed the deed Dec. 7, transferring ownership to the village, said current Shiloh Mayor Charles Reeder on Tuesday.
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Richland County voter turnout hit nearly 50 percent of registered voters
MANSFIELD — Richland County Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld missed by about five percentage points on his prediction by of voter turnout on Tuesday. “I was a little optimistic,” he said with a laugh on Wednesday morning, agreeing that perhaps local voters were not as fired up as larger, more urban counties that poured […]
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Buckeye State turns over a new leaf with marijuana approval
COLUMBUS — Marijuana proponents in Ohio are flying high as State Issue 2 earned enough votes to make recreational cannabis legal in the Buckeye State. With 89.51% of precincts reporting statewide as of 11:15 p.m., the measure received 56.39% of favorable votes, according to unofficial results reported by the Ohio Secretary of State. The new […]
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Suspected LSD, cocaine, meth seized in Morrow County arrest
MOUNT GILEAD — One man was arrested and suspected drugs were seized Tuesday after a joint operation by north central Ohio law enforcement officials. Eric S. Azbell, 37, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and is currently incarcerated in the Knox County Jail, according to a press release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities […]
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Romanchuk: The case against recreational marijuana legalization
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op/ed piece was authored by State Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario). COLUMBUS — The $30 billion-dollar commercial marijuana industry is following Big Tobacco’s model of maximizing profits by getting more and more people addicted to its products. Ohioans now find themselves in the marijuana industry’s crosshairs — with a choice to make. After […]