The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the…
Lisbon council to discuss pool repair project
LISBON — Another aquatics company from Indiana contacted Councilman Jerry Cox this week about having its own version of a…
Plea deal set in death of horses at Salem Township stable
LISBON — The cruelty to animals case against Heather J. Birkmire in the deaths of five horses at Pure Gold…
East Palestine school board approves elementary roof repair
EAST PALESTINE — A section of leaking roof at the East Palestine Elementary School Building is being repaired. The Board…
CCBDD to hold several fall events at Robert Bycroft School
LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Development Disabilities announced a variety of events to be held in in October…
Halloween events at Leetonia schools canceled for ‘safety concern’
LEETONIA (WKBN) — The Leetonia Exempted Village School District announced that some of its Halloween events are canceled due to…
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Local Sports
A breakthrough season for United
United Local's football team has dominated the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference with four straight…
West Branch is the area's highest ranked football team because the Warriors proved it on the…
West Branch wins with defense
STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio High School Athletic Association is looking into an incident that occurred late…
Big Red player runs into official
SPLIT SQUAD SALEM — The Salem girls cross country team is expected to be at full…
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Editorials
Ohio has some work ahead to avoid looking foolish in book bans
School book ban trends come and go, but there are always groups of people who want to keep their children from having access to reading material that might expose them to new ideas or, worse, ask questions. The problem is particularly bad in Ohio, which ranks third among the states in PEN America’s study…
Lawmakers who never bothered to complete the phase-in of Ohio’s Fair School Funding Plan, or update…
Ohio lawmakers owe it to taxpayers to address EdChoice
Thursday’s ruling by the Ohio 10th District Court of Appeals that the state’s EdChoice voucher program…
EdChoice voucher ruling provides chance to address school funding
A recent review of Ohio’s Medicaid enrollment by state Auditor Keith Faber’s office found plenty of…
Guidelines monitoring Ohio's Medicaid need continuous enforcement
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
'Dixie' map that divided US into North and South is going up for auction
Trump in Ohio and Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states
Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 killing through DNA testing
Libertarians could spoil Republicans' chances in the fight for control of the US Senate
Letters to the Editor
West Branch's future depends on levy approval
To the editor: On Nov. 3, residents in the West Branch community will have the opportunity to support our local schools by voting “for” the five-year permanent improvement levy. This levy, if passed, will generate funding that is much needed to provide upgrades for our school buildings and grounds. These upgrades include purchasing security…
Mahoning County sheriff must answer for rally assault
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