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Kindergarten orientation

An overall view of the cafeteria, as it was filling up Monday for Leetonia’s kindergarten orientation. In addition to giving free books to all the young children, families were welcomed by the elementary school building principal, met their bus drivers and learned about expectations. The ...

Salem talks dispensaries and tackles several pieces of legislation

SALEM — Plans to allow voters in Salem to decide the fate of marijuana dispensaries in the city will now have to wait until the May elections, council learned during Monday’s meeting. A resolution was introduced in June at the committee-of-the-whole to put the issue on the ballot. ...

ELFD responds to two fires in 14 hours

EAST LIVERPOOL — The A crew for the East Liverpool Fire Department had a busy shift between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning when they responded to two fires in a 14-hour period. They responded to a car fire Tuesday afternoon and a house fire early Wednesday morning. ...

Ward announces candidacy for Columbiana BOE

Editor’s note: Following is a release from Jake Ward announcing his candidacy for Columbiana school board: COLUMBIANA — Jake Ward has announced his candidacy for the Columbiana Exempted Village School District Board of Education. A familiar face in the community, Ward says his decision to ...

Kirkland: Cannon fire halted due to scoreboard interference

SALEM — Superintendent Sean Kirkland has clarified the district’s decision to halt cannon fire during games at Sebo Stadium. Kirkland explained that the decision was made to protect the stadium’s scoreboard, which had issues throughout the season last year. He said that the scoreboard ...

County Briefing

Columbiana Band Show The Pride of Columbiana will host its Sixth Annual Columbiana Band Show Saturday at Firestone Park’s Fisher Stadium. The evening will feature performances from six high school marching bands: Crestview, Southern Local, Beaver Local, East Palestine, Lisbon and ...

Community Corner

Choose To Lose Group Choose To Lose Group met at Boyce Church on August 19 with leader Penny Perorazio presiding. The meeting opened up with the pledge of allegiance followed by the CTLG roll call. Pam Fouse gave the secretary report and Cassie Stephens gave the treasure report. Both were ...

Community Calendar

THU/8-21 Beloit West Branch Athletic Boosters bingo, booster hall, 26701 US Route 62. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., early tickets called at 6 p.m., and Jumpin’ Jack (58 numbers for $1,500) called at 6:45 p.m., followed by regular bingo. Kitchen open, instant tickets and computers available. ...

BL Back to School Bash

Clockwise from left, Emerlee Southall, 3, and Elizabeth Southall, 9, both of East Liverpool, have caricatures Monday during Beaver Local School District’s Back to School Bash. There was no charge for the sittings by Pittsburgh artist Jimmy Kanfoush. The girls were there with their ...

Watchdog Group: EPA surveilled social media posts

EAST PALESTINE — Instead of looking out for the residents impacted by the 2023 train derailment, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used resources to look into the social media movements of those residents, a government watchdog group claims. According to the Government ...