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Literacy grant to provide free books to East Liverpool students

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool City Schools ELCS) is able to provide each student in preschool through eighth grade with a free book through the literacy grant the district received from the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Literacy Program. Megan Hernandez, communications, ELCS, said ...

RIF process to conclude this week in Hancock County Schools

Hancock County Schools have until Friday to complete a large-scale reduction-in-force and transfer process tied to the district’s ongoing financial crisis. One set of hearings was held April 16, while another scheduled for April 20 was postponed after officials found some RIF letters did not include “specific written statements of cause,” according to a district social media statement April 19. Those hearings are now scheduled to resume later this week, Superintendent Walter Saunders said following Monday’s Board of Education meeting. “We have another day of hearings for ...

Wellsville school board approves donations and field trips

WELLSVILLE – The Wellsville school board accepted several donations and approved multiple upcoming field trips at its April meeting. During the new business portion of its meeting, the board approved the following monetary donations: Garfield Principal Fund from the Covenant Presbyterian Church for $150; Emilee Wilson from Spirit Club for $45; Daw Principal Fund from Covenant Presbyterian Church for $150; High School Principal Fund from the Covenant Presbyterian Church for $150; Garfield Principal Fund from Wellsville SOI for $50 and Golf Donation from the Wellsville Elks for ...

Communities to observe National Day of Prayer

The Wellsville and East Liverpool communities will be observing the annual National Day of Prayer. The Wellsville Area Ministerial Association will meet at the flood walls in Wellsville on May 7 at 9:30 a.m. Eddie Murphy of the Wellsville Foundation noted the theme for the 2026 National Day of Prayer is “Glorify God among the nations seeking him in all generations.” Murphy also noted the National Day of Prayer was established through a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1952 and is celebrated annually on the first ...

East Palestine man appeals decision to toss landfill complaint

LISBON — A man who recently lost his complaint over the Penn-Ohio Landfill and his motion asking the judge to reconsider her decision is now filing an appeal with the Seventh District Court of Appeals. Dennis Scott Wallace, state Route 170, East Palestine, filed the appeal Tuesday to challenge the April 15 dismissal of his motion for reconsideration by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton. Wallace filed the original lawsuit while acting as his own attorney last month against the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in Columbus, the Penn-Ohio ...

Calcutta VFD responds to house fire

Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department with mutual aid provided by Glenmoor Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire at 49415 Calcutta Smith Ferry Road Monday afternoon. CVFD responded to the call at 2:10 p.m., and advised the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office to put Liverpool ...