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Choose To Lose Group meets

Choose To Lose Group met at Boyce Church on August 19 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 ...

BL Back to School Bash

Madelyn Coil, 3, exchanges a high five with the Fighting Beavers’ mascot Monday during Beaver Local School District’s Back to School Bash in the rear parking lot of their K-12 campus. Inflatables, sno-cones, scoops of Bruster’s ice cream as well as information tables for various groups of ...

Columbiana man pleads not guilty to attempted murder in baseball bat attack

LISBON — A man accused of attempted murder in a baseball bat attack against a woman earlier this summer entered a not guilty plea during his recent arraignment in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, with a jury trial set for Sept. 8. Fredrick L. Harroff, 66, Columbiana Lisbon Road, ...

Hoder pretrial is Sept. 5

NEW CUMBERLAND —The next court appearance for a former sheriff’s deputy charged with child pornography possession won’t be a trial after all. According to a Hancock County Circuit Court spokeswoman, Patrick Hoder now is slated for a pretrial at 9 a.m. Sept. 5. In April, Circuit ...

SL to prepare two financial forecasts

SALINEVILLE — The Southern Local Board of Education took action and will create two financial forecasts for the state. During the Aug. 12 meeting in the Southern Local High School Media Center, officials approved a resolution allowing district Treasurer Greg Sabbato to continue forming ...

Watchdog Group: EPA surveilled social media posts

EAST PALESTINE — Instead of looking out for the residents impacted by the 2023 train derailment, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used resources to look into the social media movements of those residents, a government watchdog group claims. According to the Government ...