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CCCTC graduate serves as example of success for career education path

LISBON – Career and technical education has come a long way from the days of the joint vocational school (JVS) of the past. Today there are so many more options for students who choose to enroll in career and technical centers during high school. Students can prepare to go straight into ...

Governor declares state of emergency for Mahoning County

Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency Monday for Mahoning County, which sustained extensive damage during Sunday’s storms. What that means will be determined at a later date. DeWine said he was declaring the state of emergency after touring locations in Boardman damaged during ...

Operation BRIDGE Days expand to support local veterans

LISBON — Operation BRIDGE Days aimed at bridging the gap for residents needing access to immediate substance use and mental health care will take place July 15 in downtown Salem and July 16 in downtown East Liverpool. The Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board (CCMHRSB) and the Columbiana County Drug Task Force announced the dates and locations for the annual events which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on July 15 at Lincoln Plaza at the corner of State Street and Lincoln Avenue in Salem and on July 16 on West Fifth Street near the Way Station in East ...

Columbiana man convicted in baseball bat attack has hearing set in intimidation case

LISBON — A former Columbiana man in prison for at least 39 years for attempting to kill a woman with a baseball bat and then setting her home on fire last year will face a new hearing at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 for a separate case of menacing and attempted intimidation. Frederick L. Harroff, 66, was scheduled for a status hearing Monday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton, but instead, a new hearing was set for the case and the jury trial that was set for next week was canceled. Harroff did not make the trip from prison for the status session, with nothing ...

On the calendar

TUE/7-7 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Bocce at Boardman Park, 5:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Chester Brooke Hancock Food Security Team, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 600 Indiana Ave.; schedule appointment at 304-748-7850 Ext. 1002 East Liverpool Free community meal, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Charities Outreach Center, 600 E. 4th St.; chicken-bacon ranch casserole and corn; EFNEP nutrition class at 1:15 p.m. Needles and Hooks (crochet and knitting group), noon-2 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine East Palestine Library, All Together Tuesdays, 2 p.m.; Red, ...

Winchester to lead off lecture series

EAST LIVERPOOL – Acclaimed author, journalist and historian Simon Winchester will open the Northwest Ordinance Lecture Series on Sept. 17 as its featured keynote speaker. Sponsored by the East Liverpool Partnership for Revitalization and the Friends of the Carnegie Public Library, the ...