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United Local coach shares plans for team room for female athletes

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HANOVERTON — A United Local High School coach has unveiled plans for a dedicated team room for girls’ athletic programs, with a separate locker room for visiting teams. Girls Basketball Coach Cory Leek presented plans to the United Local Board of Education in July and August. According to the minutes of the July meeting, Leek said the plan is to convert the current girls’ locker room into the dedicated team room. The new team room would be for all district girls athletics. He added that construction logistics still need to be determined and that construction cannot begin ...

Former police chief waives right to preliminary hearing in domestic violence case

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LISBON — Former Liverpool Township police chief Jayson Jackson waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday, with his case for fourth-degree felony domestic violence bound over for consideration by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. Jackson, 53, Campground Road, Wellsville, appeared briefly before county Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning for the latest case. He’s accused of allegedly punching a woman several times during a domestic on July 26 in Liverpool Township. He’s also facing a probation violation hearing at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 after stipulating to probable cause ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman from Hillside Drive, Butler Township, reported at 9:36 p.m. Saturday that she’s in the state of Florida and her estranged husband entered her residence through the outside basement door and turned off the security camera while her 15-year-old son was at the residence by himself and locked himself in his bedroom. Upon arrival, deputies were advised by a neighbor that the man left before deputies arrived. A deputy spoke with the woman and advised her how to obtain a protection order. — A man on Center Road, Knox Township reported at 9:18 p.m. Saturday ...

September and October events at Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center

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EAST LIVERPOOL – The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center has announced the following activities for September and October: Saturday, Sept. 5 from 1 to 2 p.m. – Ohio School of Falconry. The Ohio School of Falconry will be set up in front yard of the Wildlife Education Center. Joe Dorian will demonstrate how the birds fly and capture their food and talk about each bird. Guests will be able to take pictures of the birds. At the end of the program, 10 names will be drawn from those attending the program (must be at least 9 years old to do this). Those people will be able to have one ...

County engineer's office still look for salt solution for the winter

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LISBON — Columbiana County Engineer Bert Dawson said his department is still working on a salt issue after receiving no bids for sodium chloride rock salt for the upcoming winter. The bid opening was set for Aug. 5, but instead of bids, the department received three letters from companies who had been invited to bid, all saying they were unable to submit bids, including Morton Salt, Cargill and Compass Minerals. The county had been trying to secure its own salt contract rather than going through the Ohio Department of Transportation contract which had more than tripled in cost from ...