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Early Halloween fun offered at Southern Local

SALINEVILLE – An assortment of ghosts, ghouls, princesses and superheroes descended on the Southern Local school campus Thursday evening for two events that offered a lot of pre-Halloween fun. Southern Local High School became a Haunted High School, its darkened corridors filled with ...

CCCTC board hears overview of drug free program

LISBON — Nearly all of the applicants of the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center’s Drug Free Team have been tested recently. The career center board of education heard an overview of the program during the October board meeting. According to the information presented, 146 of the total 172 applicants were tested. The test numbers were lower due to two school districts being closed the day of testing. The Beaver Local School District was closed due to a water main break and the United Local School District was closed due to no hot water that day, according to the ...

Contractor convicted for stealing from clients charged again

LISBON — A Boardman area contractor convicted in 2024 for stealing from clients is facing another charge in Columbiana County, this time for aggravated theft for allegedly stealing $9,457 from a couple last fall. John P. Bartos, 43, last known address Hubbard, appeared for arraignment Thursday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court after being served with the secret indictment for the third-degree felony charge. The indictment alleged the theft took place on Sept. 30, 2025 and noted that he entered guilty pleas to two or more felony theft offenses in May 2024. Bartos entered a ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Gamble Road, Center Township, reported at 6:56 p.m. Thursday that the father of her daughter had visitation Thursday and took their daughter back to his residence on Carmel Achor Road, Middleton Township, which per the court order, he’s not supposed to do. She said she had to go to his residence to pick up her daughter. She was advised to contact an attorney. — Deputies were dispatched at 5:51 p.m. Thursday to Bye Road, Unity Township, for a domestic violence report. Both parties involved signed a refusal. — A man from Carmel Achor Road, ...

SPARK Storytellers create time capsule of local pandemic stories

LISBON—The SPARK Storytellers from Stage Left Players in Lisbon will present “Tales from the Covid 19 Pandemic,” Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at the historic Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way in Lisbon. Seven veteran storytellers will recount stories about how ordinary people dealt with ...