Members of the East Liverpool Beautification Society: Janie Smith, Marybeth Jones, Pam Brophey, Robin Shannon, Tracy Hyatt and Tiffini Spencer spent Thursday morning decorating downtown East Liverpool with festive fall decorations. On a lamp post at the Diamond, they hang corn stalks and ...
EAST LIVERPOOL — The Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) Finance Committee met prior to the full board of trustees meeting Sept. 16 to discuss and review the CIC’s current loans and account balances. Committee member Connie Javens told the board that all loans made to area businesses, including Coppa’s Mutts & Cuts, D’s Crafts and Cravings LLC, Kerr (M&K Winery) and Ray Stephens, who has three outstanding, are all overdue in their payments. Coppa’s Mutts & Cuts has a principal balance of $26,531.87, with monthly payments of $550, is behind $8,610 in payments. D’s ...
EAST LIVERPOOL — Schools Superintendent Jonathan Ludwig shared his thoughts on the state report for the East Liverpool City School District with school board members Thursday night, with board members encouraging the public to get involved. Ludwig highlighted that the Career Tech Program maintained a five-star rating earning eight out of nine markers for that program. He noted that the College and Career Readiness increased and is on the right track, and that North and Westgate elementary schools are the pride of the district. “Looking ahead, we have work to do and I think ...
NEW CUMBERLAND – Hancock County commissioners on Friday formally adopted Robert’s Rules of Order, following weeks of disagreement over the detail included in the official record of their meetings. Minutes from the commission’s Aug. 7 special meeting, and Aug. 14 and Aug. 28 regular ...
LISBON — Columbiana County Assistant Prosecutor Florence Turner filed appeals recently to challenge decisions by Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning to dismiss two sex-for-hire cases over alleged discovery violations. The appeals were filed with the Seventh District Court of Appeals in cases involving Gregory John Winich, 64, New Brighton, Pa., and Christopher L. Delaney, 57, New Castle, Pa. In the case related to Winich, Turner listed for review whether the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing the criminal case as a sanction for an untimely disclosure of an item not ...
LISBON — The jury trial for a Salem man charged with rape and multiple other sex-related acts involving two children over multiple years is now set for 9 a.m. Dec. 8. Mark E. Knight, 58, North Ellsworth Avenue, will face a final status hearing at 9:20 a.m. Nov. 23 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. Knight’s co-defendant, Jan M. McHenry, 40, also North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, also has her jury trial set for 9 a.m. Dec. 8 before Bickerton, with her final status hearing at 9 a.m. Nov. 23. They both remain jailed under $100,000 cash or surety ...
