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County students touring CCCTC

LISBON — Eighth-grade students across Columbiana County are touring the Columbiana County Career Technical Center (CCCTC) this week. CCCTC Student Services Administrator Shannon Rabovsky said that students from all nine of the CCCTC’s partner school…

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THU/10-8 Beloit West Branch Athletic Boosters bingo, booster hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62; doors open at 4:30 p.m., early tickets…

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Dine In or Drive Thru Banquet in Salem The Dine In or Drive Thru Banquet in Salem will be served…

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CRESTVIEW 18, BROOKFIELD 0 BROOKFIELD — Danny Novak, Carson Barber, Jaden Moore and Arthur Gelbecke each…

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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…

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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…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a two-year, $60 billion operating budget that flattens the state’s…

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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…

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

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