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Voters to decide on senior services levy renewal

LISBON — Columbiana County voters will be asked Tuesday to renew a 0.5-mill senior services levy for another five years to continue supporting services that promote independence and safety for county residents age 60 and older. This will be the third time the levy is up for a vote after ...

County voters asked to support mental health tax levy

LISBON — Columbiana County voters will be asked Tuesday to continue their support of mental health and recovery services by renewing a 0.3-mill, 10-year tax levy. The levy generates nearly $590,000 in funding for mental health and recovery programs and services in the county annually and is ...

Trial has been reset for corrections officer charged with assault

LISBON — A jury trial has been reset for 8:30 a.m. March 12 for a corrections officer charged with two counts of assault for alleged incidents against inmates last year. David James Ferguson-Grantz, 27, Youngstown, appeared with his defense attorney James Lanzo for a status hearing Thursday ...

Insurance opt-out no longer offered by the CCESC board

LISBON — A health insurance opt-out stipend offered to Columbiana County Educational Service Center employees is now off the table. The CCESC Governing Board passed a resolution to terminate the opt-out stipend during the Oct. 21 meeting. The move was made in response to learning it could ...

Agencies respond to SNAP cut-off

During a presentation to a Salem social organization, George Hays explained that 17.8 percent of Columbiana County residents, or 19,000 people, would fall into the status of food insecure. This came months before the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the “well has run dry” in ...