NEW CUMBERLAND — Hancock County will enter the next fiscal year with a balanced budget. County commissioners approved a budget model — labeled “Model 2” — during Thursday’s meeting, with the budget due to the state Friday. Commissioner Paul Cowey said the budget model was ...
WELLSVILLE — Wellsville has a new village administrator. Wellsville Mayor Bob Boley announced during Tuesday’s meeting of the Wellsville Village Council that he hired Jerry Medley as the new village administrator, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Cope. Council was ...
WELLSVILLE – The Wellsville school board Monday night held an extended executive session before tabling action on the non-renewal of a teaching contract. The board tabled the issue regarding the contract of Mitchell McDowell, a Daw Elementary fourth-grade teacher, following four hours behind closed doors. At the meeting, board members unanimously agreed to discuss at a later date the matter of the contract non-renewal at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. A day later, the board issued a special meeting notice to continue the discussion at 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Day, in the jr. ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified the official results of the May 5 primary Tuesday, noting the trend of people voting in office rather than mailing in absentee ballots is continuing. While the overwhelming majority of voters continues coming out on Election Day, in this case 10,963 voters, there were only 661 absentee ballots mailed in that counted while there were 1,405 ballots cast in the board office for early voting. “More and more voters are going away from the postal service,” Board of Elections Director Kim Fusco said. For this election, ...
LISBON — An accident which took the life of a Negley woman last month remains under investigation, with the Ohio State Highway Patrol report identifying the other driver as John Lee Shepherd, 41, Hamilton Lane, East Palestine. Katelyn McKenzie Williams, 26, Navajo Trail, Negley, was killed when her southeastbound Ford Escape on state Route 170 was struck head-on by a northwestbound Chevy Silverado driven by Shepherd, who crossed the center line at 7:30 p.m. April 25 in St. Clair Township. The crash caused Williams’ vehicle to travel off of the right side of the road. Alcohol was ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war. “There seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. If we can do that without bombing the ...
