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Lisbon Lions Club donation made in memory of Doris Eells

LISBON – The Lisbon Lions Club has donated $55,000 to the Lepper Library of Lisbon for the stained-glass window restoration project. The money was part of a bequeath to the Lions Club by Doris M. Eells. Eells was a very active member of the Lisbon community and passed away in 2009. She ...

Lisbon Shade Tree Commission makes final call for fall tree requests

LISBON — A limited number of trees are still available for fall planting through the village Shade Tree Commission, Mayor Peter Wilson announced this week. Wilson said the trees must be planted in curb lawns — the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street. For residents who live ...

Columbiana County archive building construction project moves along

LISBON — Trusses are going up, bricks are being put in place and utilities will be installed soon in the Columbiana County archive/records building which remains under construction in Lisbon. “The building’s starting to look like a building,” county Commissioner Tim Ginter ...

CASH Coalition will launch ‘You Matter Here’ campaign

LISBON — Getting youth involved and giving them a sense of value in their community curbs risky behavior and a county effort is working to do just that. Melissa Galbreath, CASH (Coordinated Action for School Health) Coalition Coordinator at the Columbiana County Educational Service Center, ...

VC metabolite prevalent in EP urine samples

EAST PALESTINE — In the months following the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, several residents in East Palestine and surrounding communities claimed that independent medical testing indicated high levels of thiodiglycolic acid (TDGA) — or vinyl chloride metabolite — in their urine ...

Prognosis is good for dog starved/abandoned dog

EAST LIVERPOOL — Random, the dog which had been starved and neglected before being brought to the East Liverpool Police Department on Sunday, is doing well and expected to make a full recovery. Dog Warden Heidi Pecorelli and Deputy Dog Warden Amber Adkins picked Random up Wednesday ...

On the calendar

THU/11-20 Beloit Chicken & biscuit drive-thru dinner, 4-6 p.m., Bunker Hill U.M.C 15096 W. Middletown Road. Homemade chicken and gravy with homemade biscuits, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, coleslaw or applesauce and cake. $12 adult; children 4–12 $6. Carry-out only until meals ...

First CCSO K-9 passes at age 14

ROGERS — The first canine to serve the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office, retired Deputy K-9 Jesy, ended her watch Tuesday afternoon, passing on at the age of 14. “Thank you for your years of service. You will be missed,” a sheriff’s dispatcher announced over the radio for the last ...

Mosquito bite leads to rare viral illness for 4-year-old

HANOVERTON — The Ohio Department of Health has documented 50 cases of LaCrosse/California encephalitis (LACV) virus within the state —which is the highest nationally. Although West Nile virus is its much more common big sister, up to 90 LaCrosse neuroinvasive disease cases are reported ...