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Oak Glen names Lions Scholar for October

Jordan Tomsic, 17, is Oak Glen High School’s Lions Scholar for October 2026. Jordan is the son of Angel and John Tomsic and resides in Newell, West Virginia. As an honors student, Jordan has maintained a GPA above a 4.0 and earned a 1320 on the SAT. Outside the classroom, Jordan is a ...

Water break repaired and boil order lifted

ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — Residents who were left without water following a main line break on John Campbell Road Monday morning had water fully restored around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Residents in St. Clair and Liverpool townships and Glenmoor were under a boil order issued by the Buckeye Water District (BWD) during and following the repair until water samples were tested and returned showing the water was bacteria free and potable. John Gentile, superintendent, removed the boil order around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Gentile estimated approximately 2,500 residential and business customers ...

Liverpool Township trustees approve permit before excavating resolution

LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP — Township trustees Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution requiring a permit and fee before excavation on a township highway. Columbiana County Assistant Prosecutor Brett Hartup made the recommendation to multiple townships based on the Ohio Revised Code, noting that it provides consistency through the county’s townships. The resolution requires any person or company submit an application for a permit along with a $50 fee to the township fiscal officer before any excavation can be done on a highway or highway right-of-way within the township, with the ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 8:12 p.m. Oct. 8 to Bell Road, Elkrun Township for suspicious activity, with the caller reporting people were moving heavy equipment in the area at night. Deputies made contact with the people, who said everything was ok and they had forgotten to notify their supervisor they were going to be working. Deputies spoke with the owner of the equipment and company and he advised everything was fine. — Deputies responded to a complaint from a man on Fife Coal Road in Yellow Creek Township at 1:50 p.m. Sunday who reported another man was in ...

On the calendar

THU/10-15 Beloit West Branch Athletic Boosters bingo, booster hall, 25701 U.S. 62; doors open at 4:30 p.m., early tickets called at 6 p.m., and Jumpin’ Jack (52 numbers or less for $1,500) called at 6:45 p.m., followed by regular bingo. This week features $25 computers in celebration of doing bingo for 30 years. Kitchen open, instant tickets and computers available. Info at 330-509-1209. Boardman DARE Singles Group, speaker night, 7-9 p.m., Boardman United Methodist Church, 6809 Market St.; 330-729-0127 Calcutta NARVRE (National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad ...