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Community News May 18, 2026

Elkton West Point Road to close for culvert replacement Elkton West Point Road will be closed from Gobal Pak to Cream Ridge Road Thursday, May 21, for culvert pipe replacement. State Route 39 to close for pavement rehabilitation Starting June 1, state Route 39 in Salineville will close for 75 days for a pavement rehabilitation project from state Route 524 in Mechanicstown to the Carroll/Columbiana County line, west of Salineville. The detour is state Route 524 south to state Route 164 north, state Route 164 north back to state Route 39, and reverse. Madison Trinity Church Memorial ...

Prosecutor: Candidates must take stand on death penalty

Local News May 18, 2026

Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced he will give his position soon on the enforcement of the death penalty in Ohio, which for nearly eight years has not been enforced because of the state’s inability to obtain lethal injection drugs. “Though the governor says he cannot obtain these drugs, many other states are carrying out court-ordered executions at record levels,” Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. Watkins provided a look at the death penalty in Ohio and recent action in other states that “provide compelling evidence to maintain the present death penalty law in ...

Hancock Commission awards opioid funds to six organizations

Local News May 18, 2026

NEW CUMBERLAND — Hancock County commissioners agreed to distribute nearly $900,000 of the county’s opioid settlement funds during their regular meeting Thursday, filling requests from six area organizations. “These will all be contingent upon the signing of a memorandum of understanding,” noted Commission President Eron Chek, explaining each award will have its own memorandum tailored to the request instead of the county drafting a blanket agreement. A total of $883,607 was approved as part of Thursday’s agenda. Hancock County Ambulance Service will receive $330,000, the ...

Systematic Business Services & Staffing Solutions opens in East Liverpool

Community News May 18, 2026

EAST LIVERPOOL – Systematic recently opened its doors at 416 Jackson St., with founder/ director of operations Jeremy Shaw performing the ceremonial ribbon cutting. Shaw was joined by his wife/office manager Kristy Shaw, and their three children Jayden, Peyton and Gianna Shaw, friends, colleagues, chamber members, council members, city officials and Mayor Bobby Smith. Founded by Jeremy M. Shaw, the company provides project management services, project control staffing, and technical training services for the nuclear, oil and gas, petrochemical, and alternative energy sectors across ...

THE COURTS

Police & Courts May 18, 2026

Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man who entered guilty pleas to numerous charges in March, including a first-degree felony fentanyl possession charge, drug trafficking charges and obstructing official business was sentenced recently to at least five years in prison. Marques Marquell Kimmie, 30, Pennsylvania Avenue, appeared for sentencing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the two cases. For the one case involving first-degree felony possession of a fentanyl-related compound and fourth-degree felonies of trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine, he was ...

POLICE

Police & Courts May 18, 2026

East Liverpool — Officers assisted a St. Clair Township police officer at Tri-State Ford with an investigation he was currently working on regarding a stolen phone from Walmart. The St. Clair Township officer interviewed the male who admitted to taking the phone. — Officers took a report for property damage on May 1 for a resident who said the bricks on the top of her Jackman Street property retaining wall were broken off. — Officers investigating a possible assault on East 5th Street on May 1 viewed video footage and determined no assault took place. It was people trying ...