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New Cumberland utility rates to increase

NEW CUMBERLAND – New Cumberland’s water and sewer rates are set to increase following Monday’s city council meeting. Council voted 3-0 on the second readings of Ordinance 25-003 and 25-004, giving their final approval to the utility increases. Members Jo Ellen Kessel, Penny Spilecki, ...

No word on when derailment settlement payments will resume

EAST PALESTINE — Nearly two months after replacing Kroll as the court-appointed settlement administrator responsible for determining and distributing individual amounts of last year’s $600M settlement between Norfolk Southern and residents impacted by the rail disaster, Epiq still has not ...

Area Briefing

‘Back-to-School Drive-Through’ Columbiana County Community Actions Agency’s Health, Behavioral Health and Dental Centers’ “Back-to-School Drive-Through” will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday at the First Church of the Nazarene, 670 Walnut St., East Liverpool. All families are ...

Railroad: Only minor site work remains

EAST PALESTINE — In its most recent clean-up update, Norfolk Southern reports that all major remediation and restoration work at the site of the 2023 train derailment and chemical release is done. “Restoration is largely complete and the remaining minor site work is anticipated to be ...

Trial remains set in domestic violence case

LISBON — A jury trial for domestic violence remains set for 8:30 a.m. Aug. 13 against former Liverpool Township police chief Jayson Jackson, with the case still unresolved. A status conference had been scheduled Tuesday in Columbiana County Municipal Court before Judge Kelly Linger, but ...

Tops 1341

Tops 1341 met at the Glenmoor Presbyterian Church on Monday with Mary Gailey, leader, presiding. Gailey was the best weight loss loser and Dorothy Garn was runner up. They chose bread and chocolate as the junk foods for next week. The drawing winners were: Garn-calorie chart, Lydia ...