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State representative wants to include horses in felony animal cruelty

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LISBON — State Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel, R-New Waterford, announced Wednesday that she introduced the Ohio Equestrian Protection Act to extend the protections created by Ohio’s felony animal cruelty law to horses. The move is in response to a still-pending animal cruelty case involving five horses whose remains were found at Pure Gold Stables in Salem Township last fall. At the time of the indictment against the former operator of the stables, Heather Birkmire, Columbiana County Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino explained that she could only be charged with misdemeanors because the ...

East Liverpool City Hospital earns Full Transparency Badge from The Leapfrog Group

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EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, has earned the Leapfrog Full Transparency Badge, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to publicly reporting information about patient safety and quality through the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey. The Full Transparency Badge is awarded to hospitals that complete, affirm, and submit all sections of the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, one of the nation’s leading voluntary reporting programs focused on patient safety, quality, and transparency. “We applaud East Liverpool City Hospital for its ...

Humane society pauses intake after seizure of over 100 animals

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SALEM — The Columbiana County Humane Society has temporarily paused intake of animals following the seizure of more than 100 animals Monday. In a statement posted on the humane society’s Facebook page Tuesday, humane agent Fabian Pike announced that the humane society “temporarily closed [its] intake until [it] can find homes for some of [its] new and current residents.” The closure comes after “the humane crime unit seized 113 animals from an undisclosed location in Columbiana County” Monday, including dogs, cats, chickens, roosters, pigs, emus, a pheasant, rabbits, and ...

Heavy rains flood local communities, closes roads

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LISBON — The rains came down heavy Tuesday morning, leaving scattered power outages, lots of flood waters in hard-hit Hanoverton and other flood-prone spots and some road closures, too. “Hanoverton got hammered,” Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency Director Peggy Clark ...

On the calendar

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WED/8-12 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 County Columbiana County Board of Elections, 1:30 p.m., board office Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission, 2 p.m., CCVSC office East Palestine Drop-In Book Club, 6:30 p.m., East Palestine Library Hanoverton United Local school board, 5:30 p.m., media center Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 6-8 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon Road; information at 330-271-1661. Minerva Minerva Chamber free stargazing night, 9 p.m., Great Trail Golf ...