LISBON – Earlier this year, the recently re-opened Italo’s welcomed Erica Wolfe as a new employee. The process for hiring her was a team effort, from the referral made by the Columbiana County Board of…
Wellsville schools eye partnership with BWD to solve communications issue
WELLSVILLE — Kyle Exline, superintendent of the Wellsville Village School District, addressed the Buckeye Water District (BWD) trustees during their…
Wellsville school officials discuss state report card
WELLSVILLE —Wellsville Local School District Superintendent Kyle Exline and Allison Scott, director of curriculum, updated board members on the state…
On the calendar
SAT/9-26 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. New fall selections.…
Appeals filed in dismissal of sex-for-hire cases
LISBON — Columbiana County Assistant Prosecutor Florence Turner filed appeals recently to challenge decisions by Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning…
Jury trial set for Salem couple charged with raping two children
LISBON — The jury trial for a Salem man charged with rape and multiple other sex-related acts involving two children…
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EAST PALESTINE 38, WELLSVILLE 7 WELLSVILLE — East Palestine captured its fourth straight win by pulling away from Wellsville, 38-7, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Friday. The Bulldogs improve to 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the EOAC. They will host co-leader United on Friday with the league title on the line. After a…
COUNTY MEET COLUMBIANA — The 2026 Columbiana County Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at…
SPORTS BRIEFING
Both Columbiana teams reach districts
The area will be well-represented in OVAC soccer championship finals across the region on Saturday. Beaver…
OVAC soccer full of area teams
Editorials
Labor Day celebrates laborers moving the country forward
No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break for most. They and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to…
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
On behalf of the volunteers at the Salem Community Pantry and the Shoppers we serve, I…
Thanking those who contributed to Stamp Out Hunger
Society has given teachers increasingly greater responsibility for our children over the past decade or two…
Teachers learning to identify mental health needs of students
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
Utah prosecutors say DNA evidence doesn't match man who spent decades on death row
Weaknesses with Pa. aging department's oversight could leave older adults at risk, audit finds
Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
Billionaire's political contributions make the Epstein files a focus of Ohio's US Senate race
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
Nila Jane Barrett
Margaret I. ‘Peggy’ Erwin
Eugene W. Williams
Terry William Freeman
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