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Business leaders encourage academy students during career day

SALINEVILLE — Students at Utica Shale Academy were encouraged to pursue the skills and knowledge required of the fields that interest them during the second annual Career Day event on April 9. Mark Lamoncha, president and chief executive officer of Humtown Products of Columbiana; Terry ...

Rabies baiting will start Saturday

LISBON — Oral rabies baiting will begin Saturday by the Ohio Department of Health and U.S. Department of Agriculture throughout Columbiana County and Lisbon and other Ohio counties, with residents asked not to touch the baits that are meant for raccoons. Columbiana County Health District Health Services Administrator Amanda Amato announced the annual bait drop during her report to the health board Wednesday. The bait drop will continue through May 13, weather permitting. She said the same bait as last year will be used, with a marshmallow flavor so the animals will want to eat the ...

CC Park District is seeking photographers for photo contest

LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District is looking for photographers, both children and adults, to capture the essence of the district’s parks and submit their work for a photo contest, with May 31 the deadline to submit photos. Park district board member Megan McMaster updated her fellow board members on the details during their meeting Wednesday. Photos submitted must be dated within the year of submission for judging and must be taken on-site at the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail, Scenic Vista Park, Hellbender Bluff Park. Logtown Stone Quarry Park or the Supreme Court ...

WELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR PROM COURT

The 2026 Wellsville High School Junior Prom Court includes, from left, front row, Chloe Kessler, Karolynn Cataldo, Kaylee Kazee, Makenzie Thompson, MacKenzie Bosco; back row, Alexander Bess, Cooper Frank, Darnell Roe, Gage Vance and Andrew Mackey. The crowning of the 2026 WHS Junior Class Prom ...

Judge denies motion for reconsideration for man who had landfill lawsuit dismissed

LISBON — A man whose lawsuit over the Penn-Ohio Landfill was dismissed also lost his motion for reconsideration. In a one-sentence entry, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton denied the motion for reconsideration filed Monday by Dennis Scott Wallace. In the motion for reconsideration, Wallace claimed Bickerton showed “extreme prejudice” toward him, writing that she granted the motion to dismiss filed by both defendants without allowing him due process of law and ample time to make a response to the motions to dismiss. He also claimed that she should have ...