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New playground among summer projects for Southern Local

SALINEVILLE – When pupils return to Southern Local Elementary School in a few weeks, they will find many things to do on its new playground, one of several improvements to the Southern Local campus this summer. Produced by Wisconsin-based BCI Burke and sold and installed by Snider ...

Flying high

Everly Giannone, 4, Salineville, enjoys a fair ride at the Columbiana County Fair Friday. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

The Wonderdog Show entertains fairgoers

LISBON — Tracy Custer, St. Louis, Missouri, and Ariel Faith, Cincinnati, Ohio entertained fairgoers on Friday with performances of their Wonderdog Show. The Cincinnati-based Wonderdog Show has a variety of dogs trained as frisbee dogs, agility dogs and trick dogs who give performances at ...

Master gardners share their knowledge at the fair and beyond

LISBON — For master gardeners Terri Ruggiero, New Waterford, and David Burnham, Canfield, their paths to becoming master gardeners couldn’t have been more different. But now since becoming certified as master gardeners in the same class at Ohio State in 2024, they share a common love of ...

Ramaswamy, Acton take positions on data centers

With data centers popping up in Ohio and creating controversy, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, who are running for governor, are taking positions on them. Ramaswamy said Thursday that he has three nonnegotiable requirements for data centers — they must ensure that Ohio families who live near them receive free electricity by providing power or compensation that directly lowers residential electric bills, they must pay their full property taxes, and they must comply with strict air and water quality standards while prioritizing brownfield and industrial ...

Malvern teen sharing love of violin at Columbiana County Fair

LISBON — Among all the baked goods, animals and other attractions at the Columbiana County Fair, there’s a young man named Owen Hoopes playing old time music on a violin, sharing his love for the strings. “I like to share music with others — it’s my responsibility. I love it,” ...