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On Sunday at the River Museum in Wellsville, Miss Eddie Murphy will portray Sojourner Truth. Sojourner Truth was a former slave, human rights activist and abolitionist who challenged society with her speech “Ain’t I a Woman.” The museum is open 1 to 4:30 p.m. and the program will begin at ...

Choose to Lose Group meets

Choose To Lose Group met at Boyce Church on Aug. 12 with leader Penny Perorazio presiding. The meeting opened up with the pledge of allegiance followed by the CTLG roll call. Pam Fouse gave the secretary report and Cassie Stephens gave the treasure report. Both were approved as read. New ...

Sherrod Brown expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026

COLUMBUS, (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the U.S. Senate next year, giving Democrats a likely boost as they wage an uphill fight to win control of the chamber. Brown has not yet made a formal announcement, but people ...

Hancock County preparing for new school year

NEW CUMBERLAND – With their academic year set to begin next week, officials with Hancock County Schools are working to put the finishing touches on several improvement projects undertaken during the summer. During Monday’s meeting of the Hancock County Board of Education, Superintendent ...

Elections board certifies petitions

LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified 111 nonpartisan candidate petitions and four local liquor option petitions for the Nov. 4 general election, then added two more candidates after ruling their petitions were valid. “That’s a lot of hard work there,” Director ...

New organizers for Wellsville Back to School Bash plan to expand the event

WELLSVILLE — Jenna Stoddard and Valerie Reese, teachers, Wellsville Village Schools who have recently taken over as co-organizers for the annual Wellsville Back to School Bash have hopes to expand on the annual event and make it bigger. Stoddard and Reese were asked to take on the role of ...