SALINEVILLE – Officials at Southern Local Elementary School said efforts to encourage regular attendance have paid off, with absenteeism reduced by about half. For maintaining good attendance, pupils in grades K-5 earned the opportunity to see a visiting magician or petting zoo or take a ...
(WKBN) — The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh toured damage in two areas on Monday following severe weather that rolled through the Valley on Sunday afternoon. Survey results concluded that three tornadoes touched down. Two of those tornadoes occurred in Columbiana County. One of these was in Salem, and the other formed later along the path closer to the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. Another tornado was confirmed in Jefferson County in west-central Pennsylvania, north of Punxsutawney. The Salem tornado in Columbiana County will be rated as an EF-1, meaning wind speeds were ...
LISBON – Stage Left Players invites audiences to enjoy the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors for two weekends at the Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way in Lisbon. The show opens Friday, June 19, and continues June 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28, with Friday and Saturday performances at 7 ...
EAST LIVERPOOL – Volunteers at the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center have announced their schedule of activities for July. All events are free of charge but donations are welcomed. The wildlife center is open each Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Visit www.beavercreekwildlife.org for information. – Sunday, July 5 from 1 to 5 p.m. – Wood Carving Demonstration. Spend some time under the pavilion at the Wildlife Education Center this afternoon and watch Chip Hudson as he demonstrates how to carve wooden items from various types of wood. Examine samples of his work, ask ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Health District recently received a $20,000 mosquito grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Plans call for using half to host a tire collection event later this year and half for education, mosquito dunks, which can be used to kill mosquito larvae in standing water, and screen repair kits, according to district Environmental Director and Public Information Officer Laura Fauss. “We’re excited about that,” she said. Fauss talked about the grant during a meeting of the health district board, which accepted the grant. During her ...
(WKBN) — The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh toured damage in two areas on Monday following severe weather that rolled through the Valley on Sunday afternoon. Survey results concluded that three tornadoes touched down. Two of those tornadoes occurred in Columbiana County. One of these was in Salem, and the other formed later along the path closer to the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. Another tornado was confirmed in Jefferson County in west-central Pennsylvania, north of Punxsutawney. The Salem tornado in Columbiana County will be rated as an EF-1, meaning wind speeds were ...
