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LISBON — Lisbon Farmers Market participants and interested residents can learn about cottage food laws related to food produced out of a home during a meeting at 6 p.m. today at Lisbon Village Hall. Columbiana County Health District Public Information Officer and Director of Environmental Health Laura Fauss said this will be the second year for the presentation of rules and regulations related to home bakeries, small egg production and homemade food items offered for sale related to the farmers market. The session is hosted by the health district and the Ohio Department of ...

WVU license plate to be available in Ohio

Supporters of West Virginia University living in Ohio should be able to show their love for the university on their vehicles starting Wednesday. A new WVU license plate for Ohio residents should be available on the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles website starting Wednesday, said Neil ...

Animal cruelty charges forthcoming for East Palestine resident who had animals seized

EAST PALESTINE — Charges are forthcoming in the case of an East Palestine resident who had 21 animals seized by the Columbiana County Humane Society. Columbiana County Humane Agent Fabian Pike said that charges for cruelty to companion animals and unsanitary and unhealthful conditions are forthcoming after the humane society’s investigation of a Main Street residence on April 3 resulted in the seizure of 21 animals. Pike said that 18 cats, two rabbits and one dog were seized from the residence for unsanitary conditions. Pike said that all the confiscated animals were infested ...

84-year-old woman missing in Columbiana

COLUMBIANA (WKBN) — The Columbiana Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 84-year-old woman. Shirley Johns drove away from her Columbiana residence at noon Tuesday and hasn’t returned. She is white, 5 feet and 5 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds and has blonde hair and green ...

Pretrial set for woman who threatened to blow up Leetonia school campus

LISBON — A pretrial was set at 9:15 a.m. June 22 for Erin M. McGuire, the woman accused of threatening to blow up the Leetonia K-12 school in January. McGuire, 37, Chestnut Street, Leetonia, had her case transferred back to Columbiana County Municipal Court after the county Grand Jury issued an indictment for misdemeanor aggravated menacing. She had originally been charged in Municipal Court for a first-degree felony of making terrorist threats. She remains out of jail on bond. The indictment alleged that McGuire knowingly caused another to believe she would cause serious ...

Dearing Compressor purchases W.Va. distributor

An industrial air compressor manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Boardman announced its recent acquisition of a West Virginia business. In a news release, Dearing Compressor & Pump Co. said it purchased J&L Supply Company of Huntington, W.Va. The transaction expands the third-generation, family-owned business’ coverage in the southern Ohio, eastern Kentucky and West Virginia markets. “J&L has spent more than 40 years building strong customer relationships in this market, and that’s what we’re here to continue,” said Pat Kelly, vice president of distributed ...