LISBON – Tom McKenna, local actor, producer, teacher, musician and artist, has donated his original scripts of children’s plays to the Lepper Library. McKenna has been a pillar of the Lisbon arts community for many…
Former Eastern Gateway president and two others indicted
STEUBENVILLE — Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced Thursday that indictments were issued against three people whose crimes diverted $20 million…
West Branch Fall Homecoming Court
West Branch High School will crown its homecoming queen on Friday, Oct. 16, prior to the West Branch-Alliance football game.…
Man who allegedly rammed police vehicles in arranged drug deal one of 22 open indictments by grand jury
LISBON —A man who allegedly rammed vehicles containing four East Palestine police officers when he arrived for an arranged drug…
On the calendar
FRI/10-9 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 20 percent off…
Community Briefs
Town and Country Garden Club will not have Christmas Home Tour this year The Town and Country Garden Club of…
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Local Sports
Stewart tees off at Firestone
AKRON — Becoming the first Beaver Local golfer to reach the state tournament is…
Rebels enjoy home-field advantage
COLUMBIANA — Landry Smith totaled 13 kills and six points and Addisyn Dangler had 11 kills…
Clippers cage Lions
CARROLLTON — Beaver Local took a 4-0 halftime lead and beat Carrollton, 9-1, in boys soccer…
Beavers defeat Warriors
Editorials
Rail safety reform should not be a matter of partisan politics
Rail safety reform is not a matter of partisan politics – or it shouldn’t be, anyway. But since February 2023, when a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, ignited renewed calls for reform, politicians in Washington, D.C., have sat on their hands while their friends in the railroad industry made promises and assurances that weren’t…
Years ago, a few politicians and elected officials began to understand it was irresponsible to ignore…
Momentum to address coal-related job loss needs to continue
No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day…
Labor Day celebrates laborers moving the country forward
As our country celebrates not just any Independence Day, but the 250th anniversary of one of…
America at 250: A reminder that all are created equal
Ohio News
OSU names provost as new president after predecessor's abrupt resignation
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State elevated its chief academic officer to president Thursday, acting swiftly to move past the abrupt resignation of former President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. following revelations about his “inappropriate relationship” with the female host of a podcast for military veterans. Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Executive Vice President and Provost…
COLUMBUS — The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has accepted President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.’s…
OSU president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’
(AP) — Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of…
Guardians closer Clase placed on leave; part of betting probe
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a two-year, $60 billion operating budget that flattens the state’s…
DeWine signs tax bill
National News
ICE officer shoots a man while making an arrest in New York, officials say
Homeland Security targets Democratic campaign after ICE arrest in Pennsylvania
The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there
Letters to the Editor
Please no single trash hauler in Lisbon
Please, Lisbon Council, drop any further consideration of passing legislation for a single trash hauler in the village. I suspect a majority of residents are opposed to the idea, preferring to choose their own hauler and respecting the tradition of free enterprise among competing companies. I greatly respect and admire our hard-working mayor and…
Data centers generate much needed property tax revenue
Knowledgeable opinion on childhood vaccines can only come from experience of adverse effects
A starving horse does not suffer less because Ohio calls it livestock
Obituaries
William J. ‘Bill’ McKee
1953-2026 LISBON — William J. “Bill” McKee, 73, died Sunday at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. He was born Jan. 6, 1953 in Salem, a son of the late Richard Earl and Theresa (Hoppa) McKee. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Eells-Leggett-Stauffer Funeral Home. 10/6/26
Robert ‘Bob’ E. Hacker
Marjorie Minor
Juanita Bell Floor
National Sports
