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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LISBON – Stage Left Players has been awarded a $7,769 grant from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) for Fiscal Year 2026. The grant was approved during the OAC board meeting on July 30, following a competitive application process and panel review. This funding, made possible through the State of ...

NEW CUMBERLAND — A Chester man finally has a court date in conjunction with assaulting another man outside the city’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Hancock County Magistrate Matthew Harvey is scheduled to oversee the hearing for Louis P. Gallo, who is charged with malicious assault. The ...

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 ...