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Parking ordinance receives first vote in New Cumberland

NEW CUMBERLAND – Following several months of discussions, New Cumberland Council is taking a step to alleviate parking issues in one of the city’s residential neighborhoods. As part of Monday’s meeting, council approved the first reading of Ordinance 26-001, establishing no-parking zones at designated street intersections. “The purpose of this ordinance is to promote public safety,” Mayor Will White noted in reading the ordinance prior to a vote. The ordinance was derived through a series of issues with parking in the area of Second Avenue, in particular with emergency ...

St. Clair Township street sweeping is complete

CALCUTTA — Road Foreman Dave Smith told the St. Clair Township Board of Trustees Monday that the street sweeping program is complete and 200 tons of road slag were recovered through the process to be reused. Purchase orders totaling $68,264.04 and super blanket certificates totaling $459,319.98 were approved along with payment of bills totaling $75,460.47. There was no one to speck during public portion, no old or new business, and no reports from the police or fire chiefs. The St. Clair Township Board of Trustees meets every other Monday at 4 p.m. at the St. Clair Township ...

Trial set for Salem man charged with vehicular homicide

LISBON — A Salem man accused of causing the deaths of an elderly Salem couple in 2024 after allegedly falling asleep at the wheel is scheduled to face a jury trial Aug. 6. Kaylan Latrae Jones, 26, Georgetown Road, appeared in Columbiana County Municipal Court for a pretrial Monday before Judge Tim McNicol. He was represented by defense attorney Charley Kidder, who was there on behalf of Jones’ defense attorney Zachary Miller. Attorneys for both the prosecution and defense had agreed to request a second pretrial, but McNicol said he would set dates for a status conference hearing ...

Woman continues appealing sex-for-hire conviction

LISBON — A woman convicted in a sex-for-hire sting in 2024 filed another appeal trying to challenge her case, this time appealing the denial of her request for post-conviction relief. Shanika Simmons, 42, whose address was listed as the prison in Marysville, filed the handwritten document herself with the Seventh District Court of Appeals to appeal the March 27 judgment issued by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam. Washam set no hearing for the request for post-conviction relief, noting that “the petition and any supporting documents do not set forth ...

Stokes Wood Fire Pizza stoked to be opening in Thompson Building

EAST LIVERPOOL — Jason and Megan Stokes, the owners of Stokes Wood Fired Pizza, are stoked to expand from their food truck to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the Thompson Building. The Stokes opened their business with some uncertainty and a small food truck and one oven shortly after ...

Columbiana County elections official expects 20% turnout

LISBON — Columbiana County Board of Elections Director Kim Fusco said she’s predicting a voter turnout of 20% for today’s election. Board members for the county Board of Elections met Monday to finalize plans for the primary election, allocating at least 29,200 printed ballots and allocating voting machines for all 73 precincts, with some polling locations serving more than one precinct. The polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today for voting. A second DS200 optical scanner was allocated to the following multi-precinct polling locations: East Palestine Church of Christ, ...