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Honor Society GPA, personnel matters before Southern Local board

SALINEVILLE – An increase in the cumulative grade point averages required for honor cords awarded to Southern Local High School graduates and induction to the National Honor Society was among matters before the Southern Local Board of Education on Sept. 8. The board agreed to raise the ...

Courthouse bailiffs injured when prisoner attempts escape

LISBON — A Wellsville man injured two security bailiffs Monday when he attempted to escape from the Columbiana County Courthouse after being sentenced to prison for a year on multiple counts, including aggravated assault. Now he’s potentially facing more time, with Sheriff Brian McLaughlin saying charges expected to be filed for this incident include two counts of felony assault against police officers, felony escape and resisting arrest. Timothy J. Reaggle, who will turn 21 on Wednesday, of Y & O Road, Wellsville, was tased and taken to the ground at the bottom of the stairway ...

East Liverpool Finance Committee, board meetings

The East Liverpool Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) Finance Committee will meet at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers at East Liverpool City Hall. A full CIC board meeting will be held immediately following the finance meeting. The full board meeting will include discussion for an application for tire removal at the Riverview property through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA)and guest speaker, Roberta Streiffert, Great Lakes Community Action Partnership.

The Lisbon Ruritans seeking volunteers to make apple fritters

LISBON – The Lisbon Ruritan Club is seeking volunteers to continue making apple fritters for the Johnny Appleseed Festival. The club has been making and selling apple fritters at the festive since 1968. In the early 1980s the club had approximately 50 members and prepared and cooked about 175 gallons of fritter batter, using seven fryers. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it settled in with about 22 members and 120 gallons of batter and four fryers. Over the past decade, as the members decreased in numbers and increased in age, the club has decreased its batter from 120 gallons ...

THE COURTS

Grand Jury LISBON — Lester D. Lovett Jr., 33, North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing buprenorphine on Oct. 30, 2025. Common Pleas NEW CASES Roxanne Westerman, Edgewood Drive, Salem, vs.. Dean Westerman, East Ninth Street, East Liverpool; divorce sought. DOCKET ENTRIES Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Dwayne S. Blake, et al.; previous judgment vacated, case dismissed. County Treasurer vs. Christopher M. Stamp, et al.; delinquent ...

Mahoning County Model Club Annual Fun Fly and Swap Meet

The Mahoning County Model Club is hosting Annual Fun Fly and Swap Meet Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Shaker Woods Field, 44337 County Line Road, Columbiana. Family friendly free event, food and drink available by donation, with a 50/50 raffle. Bring a lawn chair, watch pilots put their ...