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LISBON — The Columbiana County Port Authority Board made several moves Monday related to the proposed 85-acre East Palestine industrial park off of state Route 14 and Howell Road in Unity Township, including actions needed to purchase the land. First, the board approved a resolution accepting the assignment and assumption of the purchase option agreement from the East Palestine Community Improvement Corporation. CCPA Executive Director Brittany Smith explained the EPCIC had already paid $100,000 to the seller, Mary Carlson Behne, formerly known as Mary L. Carlson, for the exclusive ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 1:25 a.m. Friday to Cream Ridge Road, Elkrun Township, for report of suspicious activity. Deputies met with the caller and walked the property with the caller and didn’t find anything out of the ordinary. — A runaway juvenile was reported at 10:33 p.m. Sept. 24 at Harvey Avenue, Center Township. A deputy spoke to the juvenile’s parents, advised of places the juvenile might be and asked Lisbon Police to check them. Lisbon Police located the juvenile and brought him back to his parents’ residence. The deputy gave him a warning ...

Nationwide moratorium pitched for data centers

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Democratic challenger for one of West Virginia’s congressional seats pitched legislation Friday to place a two-year moratorium on new, large data centers and to give local communities a say in whether they’re built. Ace Parsi, a Morgantown community organizer ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 5:46 p.m. Saturday to Haiti Road, Washington Township, for an open 911 line. A deputy spoke with the homeowner and there was no contact with that number at the residence. — A man on Eagleton Road, Center Township, reported at 3:53 p.m. Saturday that a man from Maple Street, Lisbon, was making threats towards him and his family for the second time now. He was advised how to obtain a protection order. — A Salem Township woman on Farrington Road called at 1:20 p.m. Saturday regarding harassment on social media. She only wanted a ...