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EP Eagles drive thru dinner East Palestine Eagles #1506 is having their monthly drive thru sirloin tip and noodle dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Dinner consists of tips and noodles, coleslaw, roll and dessert for $11. Call 330-853-8483 to reserve meals. East Liverpool trash collection on Memorial Day Trash is being collected from East Liverpool residences Monday on Memorial Day. Refuse and recycling department employees are scheduled to work. Residents whose trash is normally collected on Mondays are asked to have their trash set out at the curb for pick up as usual. Trash ...

Salem Public Library hosts amphibious friends

SALEM — Dennis Imhoff from the Beaver Creek Wildlife Center brought some native amphibious friends to the Salem Public Library Tuesday for its “Amphibians of Ohio” program. Imhoff taught attendees about the origins of amphibians, which were the first land animals to evolve. He said ...

Leetonia official explains consequences of failed tax levy

LEETONIA — Village council discussed safety forces funding in the wake of voters’ denial of a proposed 0.5% income tax increase in exchange for discontinuing collection of village property tax in its May 6 meeting. “What happened [on May 5] is an enormous loss. It really is, and I’m trying to impress upon you the effect it’s going to have on this village,” Fiscal Officer Nick Mistovich said. The failure of the proposed tax, which was estimated to have netted the village an additional $400,000 annually if approved by voters, was described by Mistovich as disastrous for ...

Columbiana council receives overview of building department

COLUMBIANA — The city’s decision to partner with a third-party service for its commercial and residential building department has proven beneficial over the last few years. Elevate Building Solutions Executive Director Julie Needs provided City Council with an overview of the city’s building department. She said the city issued 60 commercial permits and 165 residential permits in 2025 for a total of 225 permits issued out of the building department that year. “We like to break this down and compare year over year. We now have two full years we can compare,” she ...

Prosecutor: Candidates must take stand on death penalty

Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced he will give his position soon on the enforcement of the death penalty in Ohio, which for nearly eight years has not been enforced because of the state’s inability to obtain lethal injection drugs. “Though the governor says he cannot obtain these drugs, many other states are carrying out court-ordered executions at record levels,” Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. Watkins provided a look at the death penalty in Ohio and recent action in other states that “provide compelling evidence to maintain the present death penalty law in ...