EAST LIVERPOOL – More than 100 guests gathered at the Masonic Lodge June 6 for an afternoon of stories, insight and laughter with author and former crime reporter Robin Yocum of Columbus. Yocum, whose novel The Last Hitman was selected as the inaugural One Community Read for the On the ...
SALINEVILLE – Southern Local Schools has a new leader who is no stranger to the school district. “Coming back to Southern Local is like coming full circle for me,” said Mary Alice Sigler, who was appointed superintendent by the Southern Local Board of Education on Tuesday. Before ...
LISBON — Another status hearing is now set for 11:30 a.m. Aug. 6 in the aggravated murder case against Curtis D. Holland, the man identified by prosecutors as the other shooter allegedly involved in the 2021 murder of Brycen Douglas. Holland, 30, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, appeared in the custody of deputies during a status hearing Wednesday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Scott Washam. He was accompanied by one of his defense attorneys, Rhys Cartwright Jones. He’s also represented by defense attorney Zach Miller. The state was represented by county ...
Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of having sexual contact with a child, starting when the child was 6 and continuing until the child was 15 years old, entered a guilty plea to one count of gross sexual imposition. Shawn M. McKinnon, 31, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, will face sentencing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court on Aug. 24 for the third-degree felony charge. Seven counts of third-degree felony gross sexual imposition and one count of fourth-degree felony gross sexual imposition will be dismissed. The eight counts stemmed from sexual contact with the ...
WED/6-10 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Columbiana High School Class of 1961, 11:30 a.m., American Legion Post 290 County Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission, 2 p.m., VSC office East Palestine East Palestine Library, Drop-In Book Club, 6:30 p.m. 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. Vacation Bible School for ages 4 to 12, 6-8:30 ...
LISBON – Local ultra-endurance cyclist and race director Joe Lawhorn is preparing for one of the most meaningful challenges of his decorated cycling career as he teams up with pioneering blind athlete Tina Ament for the 2026 Race Across the West. The race begins June 16 in Oceanside, California, and covers 863 miles before finishing in Durango, Colorado. The route traverses deserts, mountains, extreme temperatures, and relentless climbs, making it one of the most demanding endurance cycling events in the world. Lawhorn will serve as the “pilot” on a tandem bicycle, while Ament, ...
