From left, Aria Reckner and Ellora Burkholder, both members of the Lisbon David Anderson High School Class of 2029, and 8-year-old Piper Burkholder prepare the squishy water balls for a fun, hot night at the 2nd Annual Lisbon Fireworks Celebration Thursday at the Columbiana County Fairgrounds. ...
LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners received a lesson in history Wednesday from Lisbon resident Stevie Halverstadt regarding local men who helped unite the country celebrating 250 years. “These are people that impacted our past to create what we have now,” she said. The Fighting McCooks, undertaker Erastus Eells, farmer Joseph Scroggs who was the namesake for Scroggs Road and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Hessin Clarke, all Lisbon natives, also known as New Lisbon during its infancy in 1803. She also told about the Blocksom family tradition of firing off a cannon on ...
To our readers As we join together this weekend to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, please note that today’s newspaper serves as our expanded weekend edition, as the Fourth of July falls on Saturday. While there won’t be a printed newspaper on Saturday as you’re accustomed to, our reporters will be working to cover the stories that matter most throughout the holiday weekend. For breaking news, local events, sports, weather updates and more, visit our website at morningjournalnews.com for the latest developments. From all of us, thank you for your continued readership and ...
CALCUTTA – The St. Clair Township Police Department is losing an officer. St. Clair Township Police Chief Brian McKenzie told the St. Clair Township Board of Trustees during Monday’s meeting that officer Chase Askounes submitted his resignation effective June 22. Trustees Robert Swickard and James Sabatini II voted to accept and approve the resignation. Trustee Jordan Williams did not vote due to being absent and excused from the meeting. When asked if McKenzie was going to be searching for officers to fill the vacancies created by the Askounes resignation and the recent ...
COLUMBIANA — The city has earned an Auditor of State Award. Dawn Baker of the Ohio Auditor’s Office presented the award to city council in June on behalf of Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber. “This award represents the hard work of all the staff and employees who make every effort each day to attain accounting standards excellence,” she said. “We would like to recognize the Mayor, City Council and the director of finance that have done an outstanding job of watching every dollar.” The Auditor of State’s Office performs roughly 4,200 audits statewide each year and ...
EAST LIVERPOOL – Schools Superintendent Jonathan Ludwig shared the district’s highlights with school board members Thursday. Luwdig told the board members students are being provided with continued academic support and enrichment opportunities with summer school through Credit Recovery and the Brainery summer enrichment program. Ludwig congratulated students Hunter Estell, Brady Dawson and Deonte Slappy for earning national recognition at the Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit held at Boston University. He also thanked advisor Robert Nizer for the leadership ...
