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Water break repaired and boil order lifted

ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — Residents who were left without water following a main line break on John Campbell Road Monday morning had water fully restored around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Residents in St. Clair and Liverpool townships and Glenmoor were under a boil order issued by the Buckeye Water District (BWD) during and following the repair until water samples were tested and returned showing the water was bacteria free and potable. John Gentile, superintendent, removed the boil order around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Gentile estimated approximately 2,500 residential and business customers ...

Columbiana council in process of hiring new wastewater superintendent

COLUMBIANA — The city is in the process of hiring a new wastewater superintendent to replace Brian Dicken, who held the position from 2013 until this year when he retired. During the most recent City Council meeting council gave a first reading to legislation approving the hiring of Dan Houk as wastewater superintendent. City Manager Lance Willard said that Houk has been with the city since 2007, serving as foreman for the wastewater treatment plant since 2014. “I am looking forward to working with him,” Willard said during the meeting. According to the ordinance, Houk will ...

Driver gets jail time for state Route 45 crash that ended a life

LISBON — Before passing sentence in a vehicular homicide case Thursday, Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning said she took into consideration the defendant’s life of service as a teacher, coach and veteran. Then she sent Anthony L. Thornabar to jail for 140 days, ...

Salem approves insurance pacts with unions

SALEM — Salem has approved new insurance agreements with two unions representing the city’s employees. Following a roughly 30-minute executive session for the discussion of pending contractual negotiations, city council unanimously approved two resolutions authorizing Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey to enter memorandums of understanding with two unions representing city employees — one with Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council and American Federation of State, County and another with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSME) Local 2701, which ...

Defendants in EGCC case plead not guilty

STEUBENVILLE — Former Eastern Gateway Community College President Mike Geoghegan and two alleged co-conspirators entered pleas of not guilty Wednesday before their attorneys settled in for an almost 60-minute-long hearing on what, if any, contact the three of them can have with each other, ...

MCBDD seeks 2.4-mill additional levy

The Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities will have a 2.4-mill additional levy on the November ballot. The levy will bring in $15,522,964 annually for five years and will cost homeowners $84 per $100,000 of home valuation. “The need is most specific for the operation and funding of programs that directly impact individuals and families served,” said MCBDD Superintendent Bill Whitacre. “The largest portion of our funding is used to pay for waiver match dollars for the Medicaid waiver program. We also use funds to operate Leonard Kirtz School and our early ...