Breaking News

Christy Martin chosen as DAISY Award Winner at SRMC

SALEM – Salem Regional Medical Center (SRMC) recognized Christy Martin, RN, as its ninth DAISY Award winner since starting the program in 2024. This national award was created by family members of patient J. Patrick Barnes, to recognize outstanding nurses across the country who go above and ...

Heavy rains flood local communities, closes roads

LISBON — The rains came down heavy Tuesday morning, leaving scattered power outages, lots of flood waters in hard-hit Hanoverton and other flood-prone spots and some road closures, too. “Hanoverton got hammered,” Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency Director Peggy Clark ...

New playground among summer projects for Southern Local

SALINEVILLE – When pupils return to Southern Local Elementary School in a few weeks, they will find many things to do on its new playground, one of several improvements to the Southern Local campus this summer. Produced by Wisconsin-based BCI Burke and sold and installed by Snider ...

St. Clair Twp. trustees conduct bid opening for police car

CALCUTTA – St. Clair Township trustees Monday opened the four sealed bids received for the police car being sold by the police department. Bids were received in the amounts of $3,101, $3,600, $2,777 and $2,578.18. The highest bidder at $6.600 was Dallas Cole. Chief Brian McKenzie told the trustees in his report that there had been a tragic accident on state Route 11 and he wanted to recognize East Liverpool Fire Chief Antony Cumo and the East Liverpool Fire Department EMS members that were on the scene. He said Assistant Chief Lance Smith and his crew did an amazing job for as bad ...

Salem parks commission approves employee raises

SALEM — The parks commission approved employee pay raises in its special meeting Aug. 5. Following an executive session for the discussion of personnel matters, the commissioners voted two to one to increase the base wage for the department’s laborer position by 4.5%, and to increase the mechanic position’s wage by 6%, retroactive to July 1. Commissioner Lori Colian, who made the initial motion for the raises, said that they were intended to “bring their wages closer to the wage earned by all other city departments.” The dissenting vote was cast by Commissioner Don ...

Humane society pauses intake after seizure of over 100 animals

SALEM — The Columbiana County Humane Society has temporarily paused intake of animals following the seizure of more than 100 animals Monday. In a statement posted on the humane society’s Facebook page Tuesday, humane agent Fabian Pike announced that the humane society “temporarily closed [its] intake until [it] can find homes for some of [its] new and current residents.” The closure comes after “the humane crime unit seized 113 animals from an undisclosed location in Columbiana County” Monday, including dogs, cats, chickens, roosters, pigs, emus, a pheasant, rabbits, and ...