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Safety Day

The Columbiana Fire Department hosted its annual community safety day Saturday on South Vine Street in front of the downtown fire station. Pictured, Jemma Welsh, 6, strokes the head of a stuffed Dalmation firefighter. She was attending the event with her parents, sister and dog all of ...

West Branch voters will select three for Board of Education

BELOIT—District voters will elect three candidates from a field of five to the West Branch Board of Education as Tonya Dean, Penny DeShields, Angela Howell, Samuel Jennings and Peggy Shaver seek to join the board in the upcoming general election. While incumbents Joe Courtwright, David ...

Five running for three Columbiana BOE seats

COLUMBIANA — Five candidates will vie for three Columbiana school board seats in November. Incumbents Scott Caron, who didn’t return a questionnaire, and Michael Clark are seeking re-election again challengers Nicholas Clemmer, Dylan Fletcher and Jake Ward. Michael Clark Clark, of ...

United BOE renews contract of treasurer

HANOVERTON — United Local school board members overwhelmingly approved the five-year contract renewal for the district’s treasurer Melissa Baker. Baker, the district’s treasurer and chief financial officer since July 2015, previously had been employed by Beaver Local and East Liverpool ...

County Briefing

Mile Branch Trunk-or-Treat Mile Branch Grange, 495 Knox School Road, Alliance, is sponsoring its 9th Annual ALLERGY FREE Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Mile Branch Grange members are hosting this event to provide a safe environment for children with food allergies or other health ...

County Briefing

SHS Band fruit sale The Salem High School “Pride of Salem Marching Band” is holding its annual fruit sale through Oct. 31 featuring assorted boxes of Pee Jay’s Fresh Fruit selections of California navel and Florida juice oranges, tangelos, red grapefruit, Red Delicious apples, Anjou ...

Salem voters to decide on two for BOE

SALEM—Salem voters will select two candidates from a field of four for Salem Board of Education as incumbents Theodore Bricker and Carol Hrvatin face challenge from Christina Burchfield and Heather Smith in the upcoming general election on Nov. 4. Theodore Bricker, 57, is a 1986 West ...

Complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory. But ...

Operation Christmas Child

Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wellsville is once again serving as a drop off location for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a project of Samaritan’s Purse, wants to show God’s love to children in need around the world by packing shoeboxes filled with ...

New Waterford voters will vote on additional five-year road levy

NEW WATERFORD — New Waterford residents are being asked to approve an additional five year-road levy to replace one that is set to expire next year. Mayor Shane Patrone said the 2-mill levy through Unity Township residents are currently paying on was originally approved by voters in the ...