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TUE/10-13 Calcutta Calcutta Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Peter Metrovich Community Center Columbiana MCTA Executive Council, 8:30 a.m., Das Dutch Haus Planning Commission, 7 p.m., city hall East Liverpool ELHS Ladies Breakfast, 9:30 a.m., 2 Smart Cookies Needles and Hooks (crochet and knitting group), noon-2 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. Eagles kitchen open 4-8 p.m., ham with cheesy potatoes and vegetable; $9; 330-886-0397 Leetonia Knit Wits Knitting Friends, 2-5 p.m., Leetonia Community Public ...

Taking Back the Night

The Christina House Domestic Violence Program will host its annual Take Back the Night walk event for Domestic Violence Awareness Month starting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Catholic Charities Regional Agency/Christina Center located at 115 E. Washington St., Lisbon. Columbiana County Common ...

Two drivers transported from Perry Township crash

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Two drivers were transported to the hospital after a crash in Perry Township Tuesday. An officer with the Perry Township Police Department confirmed Tuesday that the drivers of both vehicles were transported for evaluation after a crash at the intersection of U.S. Route ...

No jail or fine for East Palestine woman in animal neglect case

LISBON — An East Palestine woman who had 21 animals seized from her home earlier this year for unsanitary conditions received a suspended 90-day jail term, no fine and will have two cats returned to her. Jennifer Albert, 39, West Main Street, appeared in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday morning with her defense attorney Frank Williams for a pretrial which turned into a plea and sentencing in the criminal case. Albert pleaded no contest and was found guilty of one count of prohibitions concerning companion animals, with three additional counts of the same misdemeanor charge ...

Perry Township residents will vote on new police levy

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Township voters will be presented with the question of a new 1.5-mill levy in support of the police department in the upcoming General Election Nov. 3. “I think township residents are happy with having our police services, and we want to continue being able to offer the same services that we have in the past. This [levy] will allow us to do that,” Trustee Chair Steve Bailey said. During its July 27 meeting, the board of trustees voted unanimously to present township residents with the proposal for an additional 1.5 mills property tax levy for the police ...

Salem parks levy up for renewal in November

SALEM — Salem voters will decide the fate of the parks department’s 1.3-mill recreational levy renewal in the upcoming election. Early voting for the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election is underway, and Salem voters will be presented with the question of renewing the departments’ ...