No issues in Ohio town that now allows booze sales

NOVELTY, Ohio (AP) — Officials in an Ohio town say they’ve seen no problems after a move this year to allow alcohol sales for the first time since Prohibition took effect in 1920.

Russell Township Police Chief Timothy Carroll tells The Plain Dealer of Cleveland that he’s not had a “single issue” since sales of beer, wine and hard juices started in February.

Township trustees also told the newspaper they have received no direct complaints about any issues with the alcohol sales.

Russell Township voters in northeast Ohio’s Geauga County said no to going “wet” several times since Prohibition’s repeal in 1933.

The most recent rejection at the ballot box came in 2000. But voters last year approved a measure to allow one convenience store to sell alcohol.