In The News 16 April 2026

Adams County Prosecutor Aaron Haslam resigns

The Highland County Press - Staff Photo -
Aaron Haslam

Adams County Prosecutor Aaron Haslam resigned Thursday, April 16 ahead of a scheduled hearing later in the day in the Adams County conference room.

West Union attorney Ariana Norris has been appointed by the commissioners to serve as county prosecutor.

According to The People's Defender, the Ohio Supreme Court had ordered the Adams County Board of Elections to hold a hearing regarding a challenge to the voter registration of Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Aaron Haslam, according to a decision issued April 10.

In a unanimous ruling in State ex rel. Hicks v. Adams County Board of Elections, the court granted a writ of mandamus sought by Christopher Hicks, finding that the board acted improperly when it denied his challenge without first conducting a hearing as required by Ohio law.

The case centers on Hicks’s claim that Haslam is not a bona fide resident of Adams County and therefore may not be properly registered to vote in the county. Under Ohio law, residency is a requirement both for voter registration and for holding certain public offices, including county prosecutor.

For more, see https://www.peoplesdefender.com/2026/04/15/ohio-supreme-court-orders-he…

Add new comment

This is not for publication.
This is not for publication.
About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number and email address is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment.
CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
Aaron
Haslam