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FRI/10-17 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Card Night at Perkins in Boardman, 5 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 20 percent off cardigans and light jackets. Squeaky Wheel Theater Company presents Matilda ...

Trooper killed in Route 11 accident

CANFIELD — The Canfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol mourned one of their own, after a trooper died Thursday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on state Route 11. Nicholas Cayton, 40, had responded to state Route 11 northbound, south of U.S. Route 224, at around noon to assist a disabled ...

RIVER TRAFFIC

The Alice Jean, a coal barge, makes its way towards and eventually under the Wayne Six Toll Bridge over the weekend. According to the Ohio Department of National Resources, the Ohio River handles an average of over 150 million tons of commercial traffic annually, which includes a massive number ...

Wellsville man to spend a year behind bars for threatening police

LISBON — A man previously accused of threatening to get in a shootout with police and harassing the Wellsville police department and a local judge was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 12 months one day in federal prison. Steven D. Wright, 46, who was listed as homeless, Main Street, ...

CommonSpirit, UPMC sign letter of intent for Trinity Health System

STEUBENVILLE — CommonSpirit Health and UPMC have signed a non-binding letter of intent to negotiate an agreement that would result in the integration of Trinity Health System into the UPMC system, officials with the hospitals announced Wednesday. Trinity Health System and UPMC share a ...

ROAD REOPENED

Calcutta Smith Ferry Road at East Liverpool Road which has been closed for a roadway realignment project since early May is now reopened. Due to work on 0.35-mile section of the road, the road has only been accessible to residents. The road was anticipated to be closed until mid-December. The ...