Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Atty. J.P. Morgan to a seat on the county court bench. Morgan will replace Judge David D’Apolito, who was elected as a judge on the Seventh District Court of Appeals last November.
      Morgan, who has been an attorney for 17 years, unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the county court last November. The seat he fills by appointment will be up for election in Nov., 2020 for the remainder of the term, which ends Dec. 31, 2022
      Morgan was one of three candidates for the post who were recommended to the governor by the Mahoning County Republican Party.