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CCESC secures grant for Salem kindergarten camp

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Educational Service Center (ESC) has secured a grant for the Salem School District Kindergarten Boot Camp this summer. ESC Superintendent Marie Williams said the service center applied for the $111,000 in state funding on behalf of Salem schools. The ESC board was notified in May that the funding was awarded, according to meeting minutes posted online. The funding will go toward staffing and supplies for the program. The four-week Kindergarten readiness program is offered in partnership with the ESC and Ohio Department of Children and ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy took a report of a missing person at a Wooddale Drive residence in Hanover Township at 5:27 p.m. Sunday. The deputy spoke to the caller upon arrival at the address and had them fill out a missing person form, advising the person would be entered as missing by dispatch. — A deputy was dispatched at 4:24 p.m. Sunday to Teegarden Road, Hanover Township for an ATV complaint. The deputy spoke with the person involved, who agreed to stay off of the roadway and said they were finished riding for the evening. — A drug-related issue was reported at 1:35 ...

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Court News LISBON — A woman accused of abusing an infant was sentenced to 30 months in prison for endangering children, a third-degree felony. Melanie R. Leonard, 36, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the case. She received credit for 75 days served in jail. Two additional counts of endangering children, one a second-degree felony and one a third-degree felony, will be dismissed. Leonard was accused of abusing an infant, resulting in serious physical harm to the child on Feb. 24, 2024 when the child was less than 2 ...

Registration for East Liverpool library summer reading program begins today

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EAST LIVERPOOL – Registration for the East Liverpool Carnegie Public Library’s Summer Reading Club begins today. The Summer Reading Club, which runs through July 31, is open to all people who use the library in East Liverpool, with most club members typically being early childhood and school aged children. The Summer Reading Program will feature family programs which will be hosted every Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at the Salvation Army. Programs typically last one hour with guest librarians or special events and door prizes each week. There is also a coupon game (library trivia) in ...

CCBDD approves sponsorship for junior fair all in show

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LISBON – Superintendent Bill Devon in his report to board members during the May 20 meeting of the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities (CCBDD) said the Robert Bycroft School held their graduation on May 14 and their field day on May 8 and everyone had a great time. Tickets for Wresting Under the Stars are available for CCBDD at a deeply discounted price of $5 per ticket. Registration for tickets needs to be done by June 19. The event will include the Hardy Boys in action, will take place live at the 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood in Niles on July 11 at 7:30 p.m. ...