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Columbiana County DKG hosts art instructor

The October meeting of the Columbiana County Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma was held at the New Waterford United Methodist Church. Nancy Dicken offered the prayer and members enjoyed a potluck dinner. A special guest in attendance was Dr. Denise Seachrist Lipp. Ann Hall conducted the business ...

Wellsville council discusses charter government

WELLSVILLE — During the Oct. 6 meeting of the Wellsville Village Council, Council President Keith Thorn suggested members consider switching to a charter form of government with a village administrator/manager. Thorn said that with a charter government, the village would still have a council and a mayor, but it would be the administrator making most of the decisions. He said typically the reason behind the change is because council lacks the expertise in a lot of areas, requiring the hire of a professional. “This is not against anybody that is sitting here,” Thorn said. ...

Taking Back the Night

The Christina House Domestic Violence Program will host its annual Take Back the Night walk event for Domestic Violence Awareness Month starting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Catholic Charities Regional Agency/Christina Center located at 115 E. Washington St., Lisbon. Columbiana County Common ...

Mahoning Valley SAR marks 10 years of service and education

CANFIELD – The Mahoning Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) celebrated its 10th anniversary during its Oct. 3 meeting at the Canfield Public Library. The chapter traces its roots to 2015, when fewer than 10 local residents met at the library to re-establish an SAR ...

Kripchak’s second community town hall to focus on school funding, property taxes, data centers and AI

CANFIELD — Michael Kripchak, candidate for Ohio’s 33rd Senate District, will host the second town hall in his series tonight at the Canfield Fair Park Rotary Building, 318 Oak St. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. The event begins promptly at 6 p.m. Admission is free, and donations are welcome. The event will feature experts to discuss with the community school funding and property taxes as well as data centers and artificial intelligence, including their effects on the electric grid, who pays for those impacts, and what their growth could mean for the future. “My goal with these town ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Oct. 19 for Herbert J. Jones, 38, last known address Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with fifth-degree felony breaking and entering and misdemeanors of obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly breaking into East End Lumber in East Liverpool on Aug. 25, 2025 and then resisting arrest and trying to hide from officers trying to serve him with a warrant on Oct. 9 in East Liverpool. He was also ordered to serve seven days in jail for resisting arrest for a 2024 ...