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Calcutta VFD to host Community Day Movie Night ST. CLAIR TWP.—Members of the Calcutta Volunteer Fire Dept. are inviting residents to join them for a movie night to be held from 5-10 p.m. Saturday at the Station 10, 15445 Pugh Road. The event is a free family event and will feature fire ...

COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT

Children wait in line for school supplies Sunday afternoon during the Community Resource Center’s back-to-school event, as an inflatable bounce house stands in the background. For four hours in the late afternoon, families also enjoyed free haircuts, food, games, before the event wrapped up ...

EL BACK TO SCHOOL BASH

The East Liverpool City School District Monday held its Back to School Bash. Families line up to collect bags contain hygiene kits and folders distributed by East Liverpool City Hospital. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

East Liverpool man gets 120 days for vehicular homicide

LISBON — A driver who struck and killed James Ross Schmitt as he was walking across St. Clair Avenue in East Liverpool in 2023 was ordered to serve 120 days in the county jail and lost his driver’s license for four years after an emotional sentencing hearing Monday. “I’m so sorry for ...

Defense in Wellsville murder case wants photo lineup tossed

LISBON — Whether or not a photo lineup that identified a Steubenville man in connection with the shooting death of Robert Herron, 30, Wellsville was “impermissibly suggestive” was taken under the advisement by County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton following an evidentiary ...

Fire marshal called for suspicious fire in East End

EAST LIVERPOOL — The state fire marshal has been called in to investigate a suspicious fire in an East End residence on Monday afternoon. The East Liverpool Fire Department received a call at 4:04 p.m. reporting smoke visible in the upstairs windows of the residence located at 704 Oakland ...